The Night of 12 wins a new trophy after his triumph on Friday at the César where he won 6 statuettes. The Cesar for high school students, a trophy awarded by a representative group of final year students, rewarded Dominik Moll’s film on Monday, which relates an impossible investigation into a feminicide.
The César des Lycéens was created in 2019 by the Ministry of National Education and Youth, and the Académie des César, with the support of the National Cinema Center and the Federation of French Cinemas. The film The Night of 12 by Dominik Moll, which relates an unresolved investigation into a feminicide, triumphed at the Césars on Friday by winning six statuettes, including that of best film and best director.
Misogyny in the background
Inspired by a news item, The Night of 12 is the story of an unsolved investigation into a feminicide, presenting a gallery of suspects who do not measure the misogyny of their words. The film also tackles machismo in the police.
Last year, North ferry by Cédric Jimenez on the daily life of a police brigade in the difficult districts of Marseille, had been rewarded with the César des Lycéens. The 2023 jury was made up of nearly 2,000 students from 80 general, technological and vocational high school classes.