Bruno Coulais hails this year's Caesar

Just a few hours before the Academy Awards in Hollywood, France praised its best film performances of the year with a new edition of the French national film awards, the Caesars.

Bruno Coulais won that time a Caesar for the best film score by The Chorus, beating other nominees such as Angelo Badalamenti (A Very Long Engagement), Nicola Piovani (L'Equipe), Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet (Exils).

The Caesar to the best film of the year went to L'esquive, by Abdellatif Kechiche.