4th César Awards

4th César Awards
Date	3 February 1979
Site	Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Hosted by	Pierre Tchernia and Jean-Claude Brialy
Highlights
Best Film	L'Argent des autres
Best Actor	Michel Serrault
Best Actress	Romy Schneider
Television coverage
Network	Antenne 2

The 4th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1978 and took place on 3 February 1979 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Charles Vanel and hosted by Pierre Tchernia and Jean-Claude Brialy. L'Argent des autres won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Romy Schneider, Best Actress winner

Michel Serrault, Best Actor winner

Jacques Villeret, Best Supporting Actor winner

Georges Delerue, Best Original Music winner

Best Film L'Argent des autres Dossier 51 Molière A Simple Story	Best Director Christian de Chalonge – L'Argent des autres Michel Deville – Dossier 51 Ariane Mnouchkine – Molière Claude Sautet – A Simple Story
Best Actor Michel Serrault – La Cage aux folles Jean Carmet – Le Sucre Gérard Depardieu – Le Sucre Claude Brasseur – A Simple Story	Best Actress Romy Schneider – A Simple Story Annie Girardot – The Key Is in the Door Anouk Aimée – Mon premier amour Isabelle Huppert – Violette Nozière
Best Supporting Actor Jacques Villeret – Robert et Robert Michel Serrault – L'Argent des autres Jean Carmet – Le Sucre Claude Brasseur – A Simple Story	Best Supporting Actress Stéphane Audran – Violette Nozière Nelly Borgeaud – Le Sucre Arlette Bonnard – A Simple Story Éva Darlan – A Simple Story
Best Writing Dossier 51 – Gilles Perrault and Michel Deville L'Argent des autres – Christian de Chalonge, Pierre Dumayet Le Sucre – Georges Conchon, Jacques Rouffio A Simple Story – Jean-Loup Dabadie, Claude Sautet	Best Animated Short Film Rowing Across the Atlantic L'Anatomiste Le Phénomène
Best Cinematography Bernard Zitzermann – Molière Néstor Almendros – The Green Room Pierre Lhomme – Judith Therpauve Jean Boffety – A Simple Story	Best Editing Raymonde Guyot – Dossier 51 Jean Ravel – L'Argent des autres Henri Lanoë – Butterfly on the Shoulder Geneviève Winding – The Savage State
Best Sound William Robert Sivel – The Savage State Harald Maury – Judith Therpauve Alix Comte – Molière Pierre Lenoir – A Simple Story	Best Original Music Georges Delerue – Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Antoine Duhamel – The Song of Roland Philippe Sarde – A Simple Story Pierre Jansen – Violette Nozière
Best Production Design Guy-Claude François – Molière François de Lamothe – One Two Two Théobald Meurisse – Dirty Dreamer Jacques Brizzio – Violette Nozière	Best Documentary Short L'Arbre vieux Chaotilop Tibesti Too
Best Fiction Short Dégustation maison Mr. Michel's Dog Jeudi 7 avril L'Ornière	Best Foreign Film The Tree of Wooden Clogs Autumn Sonata Julia A Wedding
Honorary César Marcel Carné Walt Disney Charles Vanel

See also

• 51st Academy Awards
• 32nd British Academy Film Awards

References

External links

• Official website
• 4th César Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• 4th César Awards at AlloCiné