A coveted prize and benchmark of high cinematic quality, the Louis-Delluc Award will be presented on December 17 by a jury of film critics and personalities presided by Gilles Jacob. This year, eight features will vie for Best Film of the Year.

 

2010 LE PRIX LOUIS-DELLUC BEST FILM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

 

DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (2010)

Also Known As : Of Gods and Men (2010)
Director : Xavier Beauvois
Stars : Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : A drama about Cistercian monks who stand up for their beliefs when confronted by fundamentalists.
Watch DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (2010) HD Trailer

 

 

DES FILLES EN NOIR (2010)

Also Known As : Young Girls in Black (2010)
Director : Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Stars : Elise Lhomeau, Léa Tissier, Elise Caron
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : Nomie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from Working Class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world.
Watch DES FILLES EN NOIR (2010) HD Trailer

 

 

CARLOS (2010)

Also Known As : Carlos (2010)
Director : Olivier Assayas
Stars : Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Alejandro Arroyo
Genre : Biography, Crime, Drama
Synopsis : The story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.
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LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (2010)

Also Known As : The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Director : Bertrand Tavernier
Stars : Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Genre : Action, Drama, History
Synopsis : The story takes place between 1568 and 1571, during the French Wars of Religion, and focuses on a princess who has to marry a prince while being passionately in love with another man.
Watch LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (2010) HD Trailer

 

 

MYSTÈRES DE LISBONNE (2010)

Also Known As : Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
Director : Raoul Ruiz
Stars : Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Catarina Wallenstein
Genre : Action, Drama, History
Synopsis : Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
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THE GHOST WRITER (2010)

Also Known As : L’écrivain fantôme (2010)
Director : Roman Polanski
Stars : Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams
Genre : Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Synopsis : A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
Watch THE GHOST WRITER (2010) HD Trailer

 

 

TOURNÉE (2010)

Also Known As : The Tour (2010)
Director : Mathieu Amalric
Stars : Miranda Colclasure, Suzanne Ramsey, Dirty Martini
Genre : Drama, Comedy
Synopsis : Story about American burlesque girls on tour in France, with an ex-show producer trying to make a comeback.
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2010 LE PRIX LOUIS-DELLUC BEST FIRST FILM NOMINEES

 

BELLE ÉPINE (2010)

Also Known As : Dear Prudence (2010)
Director : Rebecca Zlotowski
Stars : Léa Seydoux, Anaïs Demoustier, Agathe Schlenker
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : A girl confront her loneliness by befriends a high school misfit, who introduces her to the Rungis circuit, an illegal racetrack in greater Paris.
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UN POISON VIOLENT (2010)

Also Known As : Love Like Poison (2010)
Director : Katell Quillévéré
Stars : Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend.
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LA VIE AU RANCH (2010)

Also Known As : Chicks (2010)
Director : Sophie Letourneur
Stars : Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Eulalie Juster, Mahault Mollaret
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : Story of a group of young college-age girls living pig-piled in an apartment on the Left Bank in Paris that they call “the Ranch.
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DOMAINE (2009)

Also Known As : Domain (2009)
Director : Patrick Chiha
Stars : Béatrice Dalle, Isaïe Sultan, Alain Libolt
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : A drama centered on the relationship between a teenager, Pierre, and Nadia, a woman in her thirties.
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UN EXECUTION ORDINAIRE (2010)

Also Known As : An Ordinary Execution (2010)
Director : Marc Dugain
Stars : André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer
Genre : Drama
Synopsis : Recalls the last days of Stalin’s dictatorship, delving into the lives of people caught-up in the mælstrom of Stalin’s infamous Doctors’ Plot.
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GAINSBOURG (VIE HÉROÏQUE) (2010)

Also Known As : Gainsbourg (2010)
Director : Joann Sfar
Stars : Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta
Genre : Biography, Drama, Music
Synopsis : A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
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