'The Artist' wins best picture at Cesar honours

'The Artist' taken the primary honours at France's Cesar Honours, including best picture.PARIS-- Michel Hazanavicius' B&W quiet homage to Hollywood's Golden Age, "The Artist" won top kudos Friday evening within the 37th Cesar honours, including film, director for Michel Hazanavicius, thesp for Berenice Bejo, production design (Laurence Bennett), cinematography (Guillaume Schiffman), music (Ludovic Bource).Bejo, who formerly acquired just beginning out jerk in Gerard Jugnot's comedy "Most Promising Youthful Actress," outshine strong competitors, particularly Karin Viard and Marina Fois, who toplined in Maiwenn's daring police ensembler "Polisse."Since bowing at Cannes, "The Artist" has had major honours on sides in the Atlantic, particularly three Golden Globes, seven BAFTA's, one Goya which is fighting for 10 Oscars on Sunday.But "The Artist" didn't have it its way at France's top film honours. Underscoring the truly amazing health of Gallic cinema and also the standard in the competitors, the Cesar kudos spread wider than at previous models.French comic Omar Sy won over "The Artist" star Jean Dujardin inside the actor category for his performance just like a crazy caretaker within the projects in Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's hit buddy dramedy "Untouchables."Pierre Schoeller's dense political drama "The Minister" won supporting actor for Michel Blanc, original script for Schoeller and appear editing. Blanc was formerly nominated seven occasions."The Minister" opened up up at Cannes' Not Sure Regard and nabbed the Fipresci jerk."Polisse," which was nomed for just about any record 13 Cesar honours, needed home two nods: female newcomer Naidra Ayadi and editing (Laure Gardette, Yann Dedet). Ayadi shared the newcomer prize with Clotilde Hesme on her behalf performance in Alix Delaporte's feature debut "Angele and Tony," which won male newcomer for Gregory Gadebois.Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza won modified script for "Carnage" which is founded on Reza's acclaimed play.The the spanish language language thesp Carmen Maura who carried out the maid inside the sixties-set comedy "Service Entrance," needed supporting actress.Christian Rouaud's "Leadersheep" needed the docu award. It explores a regular farming community fighting the government's plan to build an military training camping inside their region.Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux's "The Rabbi's Cat" needed the animation jerk. Sfar won last year's Cesar on her behalf feature debut, "Gainsbourg."Sylvain Estibal's "When Pigs Have Wings" needed the initial film jerk. Produced by Marylin Prods, "Wings" bowed at Tokyo, japan, japan. The Gaza-set dramedy triggers a broke Palestinian fisherman.Brit thesp Kate Winslet was available to obtain a honorary Cesar award at the disposal of helmer Michel Gondry, who directed her in "The Eternal Sunshine in the Spotless Mind." Winslet follows those things from the platoon of Celebs, particularly Quentin Tarantino, Dustin Hoffman and may Cruz, who had been honored with the French academy of Arts and Sciences formerly 10 years.InchThis French recognition makes me believe that i'm part of an worldwide film community through which many of us achieve play in," mentioned Winslet in their acceptance speech. "Thx to Michel Gondry who was simply my review of French filmmaking."Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" won foreign pic. The Gallic box office sleeper hit outshine Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," Tom Hopper's "The King's Speech" and Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia," among others.A whole list follows:FILM "The Artist," Michel HazanaviciusDIRECTORMichel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"ACTOROmar Sy, "Intouchables"ACTRESSBerenice Bejo, "The Artist"SUPPORTING ACTORMichel Blanc, "The Minister"SUPPORTING ACTRESSCarmen Maura, "Service Entrance"NEWCOMER, ACTORGregory Gadebois, "Angele et Tony"NEWCOMER, ACTRESSNaidra Ayadi, "Polisse"Clotilde Hesme, "Angele et Tony"FIRST FILMSylvain Estibal, "When Pigs Have Wings"ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYPierre Schoeller, "The Minister"Modified SCREENPLAYYasmina Reza, Roman Polanski, "Carnage"FOREIGN FILM"A Separation," Asghar FarhadiCINEMATOGRAPHYGuillaume Schiffman, "The Artist"ANIMATED FILM"The Rabbi's Cat," Joann Sfar, Antoine DelesvauxDOCUMENTARY FEATURE"Tous au Larzac," Christian RouaudMUSICLudovic Bource, "The Artist" Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com