Director Zvyagintsev received the award “Cesar”
The film Director Andrei Zvyagintsev “Dislike” French film award “Cesar”.
Russian tape became the winner in the category “Best foreign language film”. Zvyagintsev himself at the ceremony in Paris was not present, as it is located in the United States, where his film is nominated on “Oscar”. Competition the Russian film in Paris was the American film “La La land”, the British “Dunkirk” and the Swedish “Square”.
Also the prestigious award was presented to Spanish actress Penelope Cruz for her outstanding contribution to world cinema. “Your work in the film Pedro Almodovar “Return” just great, this is the highest achievement in women’s roles in world cinema,” said the French actress, Marion Cotillard, presented the award.
Prize “Cesar” is awarded by the French Academy of cinema arts and techniques since 1976. It is named after the famous sculptor-garde Cesar Baldaccini, izgotavlivaem prizes-statuettes weighing about 4.5 kg.
Earlier it was reported that Zvyagintsev will shoot a television series in the genre of psychological Thriller for Paramount. The film will take place in Moscow and filmed TV series will be in Russian language.