French Film Cesar Award

The creme de la creme of French showbiz gathered in Paris for the 41st Cesars just two days ahead of its Hollywood equivalent, the Oscars. "Mustang” scooped three awards including for best first feature film. The film by Franco-Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven, tells the story of five sisters in rural Turkey forced into arranged marriages. The best picture accolade went to "Fatima", a movie about an immigrant Moroccan woman struggling to raise her two teenagers in France and working as a cleaning lady to give them the best life possible. Michael Douglas became the latest Hollywood star to be honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Cesars. The film "Le Petit Prince" (The Little Prince), the first feature film adaptation of the novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, won the Cesar award for best animated film.