Amelie Bonnin receives her award on stage at the Cesar ceremony organized in Olympia. (Paris, February 24, 2023) Getty Images:
He received an award for the best short film leave for a day. On stage at the 48th edition of Cesars this Friday, February 24, the director gave a speech full of hope for women of her generation.
It was a heart-warming speech. On Friday, February 24, at the César ceremony, which welcomes and rewards the delicate flower of French cinema, Amelie Bonin received the award for best short film. leave for a day. The “Soon to be 40” director then took to the Olympia stage with some of his co-stars, including up-and-coming singer Juliette Armanet and Best Man hopeful Bastien Bouillon, to collect his award and say a few words.
First, to his sons. “Guys, Mbappe is not the only one who can bring home the cup.” Then to his sisters, to all the women of his generation. “You can be a 40-year-old woman, have two kids, gray hair and feel like you’re at the beginning of everything,” she adds. Amelie Bonin also thanked the inaugural short film festivals that this category continues to exist.
Filmed in Caen, leave for a day, which lasts about 24 minutes, follows Julien, a writer who has left his hometown to start a career in the capital. One day, when he returns home to visit his parents, memories come flooding back. One in particular came across a large space between two packages of pepitos cookies.
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Amelie Bonin is the author of several documentaries, including The Butcher’s Melody (2013) and The French Band (2018). One Day Departure is his first fiction.
Source: Le Figaro
