“The cow! “: At César 2025, the emotion of Maiwène Barthelemy, female revelation for” twenty gods “

“The cow! “, She released on stage … This Friday evening, at Olympia, Maïwène Barthelemy received the César for the best female revelation. The actress-farmer who played in “twenty gods” by Louise Courvoisier was crowned a few minutes after the mechanic-actor Abou Sangaré in the better male revelation (for “the story of Souleymane”). “I’m going to take out my little paper anyway,” said the 22 -year -old Jurassian.

“It’s incredible for me to be here tonight. I did not think, since my campaign a year and a half ago, that I will be there tonight and that I will have the reward, “she continued. Maiwène Barthelemy thanked Louise Courvoisier, who “made her discover the cinema” and “gave the opportunity to play a role that reflects my daily life and my work as a farmer that I am proud to represent this evening”. She wanted to “share” her statuette with her partner Clément Faveau. And finished his speech by saying “a big thank you to (his) family” and by sniffing with emotion.

She had never made a theater, but her naturalness convinced

In “Twenty gods”, a great first feature film which also won this Friday the César for the best first film, Maiwène camps Marie-Lise, a Grande Gueule farmer who meets Totone and approaches him. This kid must suddenly earn a living and take care of his little sister. He then embarked on a competition to make the best county …

A dazzling ascent

The shooting took place in August and September 2023. “At first it was not easy to understand what Louise wanted,” explains Maiwène Barthelemy. I felt like I was not doing well. And then she said to me: Do it in your own way And I felt less blocked. It was at the Cannes Film Festival last May, that the young woman discovered “twenty gods” for the first time. “During the session, I made myself very small in my seat,” she says. And then people laughed so it reassured me. I said to myself: It’s good, it goes, we did the job ».

In November, Maiwène Barthelemy learned that she was one of the sixteen actresses pre-selected for the César of female revelation. “I do not set myself any expectations, but it will be a new experience,” she assured us then. Little by little, the young woman, who always works on a farm, began to consider other experiences in cinema. During the César revelation dinner, on January 10, she told us “think” to take an agent and have other castings.