A Prophet sweeos the board at the French Film Awards

source Indiewire
over the weekend in France was the Cesar Awards one of the countries leading Film awards ceremonies. Like in the Bafta's in UK there was one movie that swept the board and it was Jacques Audiard’s A PROPHET.
On the night the prison drama won a total of nine awards including best picture, director, original screenplay, cinematography also star of the movie Tahar Rahim picked up 2 for best actor and most promising actor awards. The movie was up for a amazing 13 awards losing only 4 of the awards which is an fantastic achievement for any movie of any size or country.
The 9 awards rounds off a wonderful 12 months for  Audiards movie when it comes to winning trophies ,having already scooping  the Grand Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, plusfor best director (Jacques Audiard), best actor and breakthrough actor (Tahar Rahim), best supporting actor (Niels Arestrup), Best Screenplay (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit), best cinematography (Stephane Fontaine), best editing (Juliette Welfling), and best art direction (Michel Barthelemy). With the Oscars only 7 days away winning the best foreign movies would be the ultimate prize.

In the  Best  Foreign  Movie Award (Non-French movie) Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino won the award over Avatar, Milk, I Killed Your Mother, Wite Ribbon, SlumDog Millionaire and Town Called Panic. Here's the full winners list:

Best Film
“A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Director
Jacques Audiard, “A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Actor
Tahar Rahim, “A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Actress
Isabelle Adjani, “Skirt Day” (La journée de la jupe)
Best Supporting Actor
Niels Arestrup, “A Prophet” (Un prophete)
Best Supporting Actress
Emmanuelle Devos, “In the Beginning” (A l’origine)
Breakthrough Actor
Tahar Rahim, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Breakthrough Actress
Melanie Thierry, “One for the Road” (Le dernier pour la route)

Best First Film
“The French Kissers” (Le beaux gosses), Riad Sattouf, Anne Dominique Toussaint
Best Original Screenplay
“A Prophet” (Un Prophete), written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Mademoiselle Chambon”, written by Stephane Brize & Florence Vignon,
Best Foreign Film
“Gran Torino,” directed by Clint Eastwood
Best Documentary
“Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno,” directed by Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea
Best Original Score
Armand Amar, “The Concert” (Le Concert)
Best Cinematography
Stephane Fontaine, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Best Editing
Juliette Welfling, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Best Art Direction
Michel Barthelemy, “A Prophet” (Un Prophete)
Best Costume Design
Catherine Leterrier, “Coco Before Chanel” (Coco avant Chanel)
Best Sound
“The Concert” (Le Concert)
Best Short Film
“C’est gratuit pour les filles,” directed by Claire Burger & Marie Amachoukeli