KRISTEN STEWART FIRST AMERICAN ACTRESS TO WIN A FRENCH CESAR AWARD

USPA NEWS - Kristen Stewart is the first American actress to receive a César, "the most prestigious French film prize, the equivalent of an Oscar." The film "Clouds of SILS MARIA" by Olivier Assayas, is a Franco-German-Swiss drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas and released in 2014.

The title takes the place where history is located: the Swiss village of Sils-Maria. An international stature of actress "Maria Enders" (Played by Juliette Binoche) at her forties is traveling in the train to to Zurich with her personal assistant, "Valentine" (Played by Kristen Stewart). It recalls nonetheless that only French films can be nominated in the major categories of César, and that it is rare for American actresses play in French productions.
She learns the death of her friend, the playwright Wilhelm Melchior. She was just about to receive on his behalf a price that was awarded before joining the home near Sils-Maria in the Engadine. Young actress of 18, was revealed by playing beautifully in one of his plays, Sigrid.

AS LUCKY CHARMS OLIVIER ASSAYAS AND JULIETTE BINOCHE HAVE BEEN A TRIGGER FOR KRISTEN STEWART Olivier Assayas was rewarded for his Oscar CARLOS series in 2010, fresco dedicated to the course of the terrorist of Venezuelan origin Ilich Ramirez Sanchez. The film produced by the French TV channel "Canal +" knows two versions, a 5: 30 pm and the other 3 h. In France, only the latter is distributed in hall, but the long version was screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2010, chaired by Robert De Niro. The interpretation of the title role is Edgar Ramirez "César for Best Young Actor". Kristen Stewart is the third foreign actress to win the "César Award for Best Supporting Actress", after the Italian Virna Lisi for « La Reine Margot » and Spanish actress Carmen Maura in "Women on the sixth floor". She warmly thanked Juliette Binoche, her buddy in the film, and who is the most "American" of French actresses alongside Marion Cotillard (Inception, Christopher Nolan Batman) to getting their Oscars for" The English Patient" by and with "La Mome" for Marion Cotillard. Indeed Juliette Binoche has starred in several American films where she plays with speaking a perfect English.-------------------------------------- Kristen Stewart thanked her team when receiveing her award at the French Cesars ceremony awards :------------------------------- "Thank you very much Juliette (Binoche, who shares the movie poster with it), I'm in front of an audience of personalities and everyone knows Juliet. And everyone knows how important it is great. “I love you“, “I adore you“. Charles (Gillibert, producer), you introduced me to a world that I, as young American actress, left to be exploit. You're one of my favourite people in the world. Olivier (Olivier Assayas), whenever I was wondering what you thought, I realized without too many words that I was following this path so drawn to me. Thank you." Kristen Stewart was able to be at the right time in the right place to play alongside Juliette Binoche to get inspired of her own career and crowned FrancoAmerican success.---------------------------------- For more information see www.academie-cinema.org