– César for Zurich actress Ella Rumpf
The French-Swiss dual citizen received a César in Paris. The jury honored her as Female Discovery of the Year for her role in the film “Marguerite’s Theorem”.
Published: February 23, 2024, 10:51 p.m
Great honor: The actress Ella Rumpf, who lives in Zurich and Paris, receives the César as Newcomer of the Year.
Foto: Getty Images (23. Februar 2024)
A big honor for Ella Rumpf on Friday evening in the French capital: The jury of the French Film Awards honored the actress as Female Discovery of the Year for her role in the film “Marguerite’s Theorem”.
This film is a Swiss co-production directed by Anna Novion. Hull was honored as Discovery of the Year for the second time. At the award ceremony, she thanked Novion for their trust and confidence in the role. She never thought she would be able to play this one.
Rumpf, 29, also paid tribute to the film’s other actors – Jean-Pierre Daroussin, Clotilde Courau and Julien Frison. “It was a pleasure working with them,” she said, moved to tears.
In “The Theorem of Marguerite,” the actress, who lives in Zurich and Paris, plays a student who fails at presenting her dissertation. Out of spite, she gives up everything and becomes a shoe salesman before discovering her talent for Mah-Jong. The actress was also chosen in the “Best Actress” section of the next Swiss Film Awards.
Among the César nominations for Discovery of the Year was Suzanne Jouannet, who can be seen in “La voie royale” by the Valais director Frédéric Mermoud. Julien Frison was nominated in the “Newcomer Male” category, also in “The Theorem of Marguerite”.
Standing ovation for Godrèche’s words
French actress Judith Godrèche used the César Film Awards ceremony to highlight sexual violence and abuse in the French film industry. During the live broadcast, she called on the industry to “face the truth”. “We can decide that men accused of rape no longer rule the cinema,” she said.
Godrèche was invited to speak out after she and other actresses made it public that they had been subjected to sexual violence as minors by directors decades older than them. “Is it possible that we are able to face the truth?” she asked. The 51-year-old received a standing ovation for her speech.
In several interviews, Godrèche spoke of an omertà in the French film industry – an obligation of secrecy like in the mafia.
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