The film “Mascarade” by Nicolas Bedos was completely snubbed from the list of nominations for the 48th edition of the Césars. The director expressed his disappointment on social networks. Quickly, several stars showed their support.
Following the announcement of 2023 César nominationsthis Wednesday, January 25, the director Nicolas Bedos wasted no time in expressing his disappointment. On his Instagram account, he posted a photo in which he shares his bitterness, his film, Masqueradereleased in theaters on November 1, 2022, not among the nominees in any category. Quickly, several stars of the 7th Art expressed support and anger in the comments.
The rant of Nicolas Bedos: Masquerade snubbed by the Caesars
The 43-year-old director posted a photo of a César with a short text this Wednesday, January 25, 2025 on Instagram. He begins by announcing the color: “Zero nomination“. In addition to his personal disappointment, Nicolas Bedos wishes to highlight all the people who worked on the film Masquerade – 853,000 admissions at the box office – and who will also not be rewarded for their hard work. He explains thus: “A thought for the whole team who did – once again – a fabulous job. Actresses, actors, sets, costumes, editing, music: your talent and your confidence is the best reward“. He ends his message by trying to give him and his teams courage for the future, “We raise our heads and we move forward!“, he says. But no doubt, the disappointment is present.
Nicolas Bedos receives support from the stars
In the comments, the messages of the celebrities of the world of the cinema, but not only, flow in mass. They all want to show their support. As Jose Garcia who expresses his frustration:Damn, it’s not for lack of having put the film in all the categories” Or Frederique Bel who says:WTF!?? Abused, the problem is that it’s the profession that votes and not the public… And you unfortunately make people jealous“. The columnist Philippe Caverivière gets angry in turn: “Is it a valve? Serious ? If Masquerade is zero nominations, the other films must be TRRRRRRR STRONG .. congratulations Nicolas for this sublime film“.
Laura Smet declares for his part:It’s not imp, me it’s my favorite“. An opinion shared by musician Sara Brajovic: “I was convinced it was the movie of the year“, she adds. Charlie Dupont expresses his support with a touch of humour, he writes: “I’m going down the street!!! Alone for the moment… But there are thousands of us (according to the Belgian police). #jesuisnicolas“. Elsa ZylbersteinMichaël Cohen, Mathias Malzieu, Jérémy Lorca and many others also show their support in the comments.
The two big winners of the nominations
As a reminder, the films that received the most nominations are The Innocent by Louis Garrel and The Night of 12 by Dominik Moll, with eleven and 10 nominations. In addition to Masqueradeother films have also been forgotten by the Césars this year, such as Kompromat by Jérôme Salle, Les Other people’s children by Rebecca Zlotwoski Simone, the trip of the century by Olivier Dahan or The Origin of Evil by Sebastien Marnier.
