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Brad PittandInes de Ramonhave reportedly brought their love to the City of Light.
After appearing unannounced atFrance’s annual César Awardson Friday evening, where he surprised directorDavid Fincherwith an honor, Pitt, 59, then attended the ceremony’safter-dinner at Fouquet’s on the Champs-Élyséeswith girlfriend de Ramon, Paris Match reported.
Sources tell PEOPLE that the pair traveled separately to France, with Pitt — who has been filming the upcoming filmWolvesin New York City withGeorge Clooney— arriving in Paris on Thursday evening, while de Ramon arrived a day later.
Pitt and de Ramon were first spotted together at a Los Angeles concert in November, and sources told PEOPLE at the time that they’d actually been dating for “a few months” before that.
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During the César Awards, which saw 2,000 members of the French film academy in attendance at thehistoric L’Olympia music hall, Fincher, 60, was invited toreceive an honorary Césarand was seated in the front row before various French film celebrities, includingJuliette BinocheandMonica Bellucci.
After a lengthy montage played that featured clips of the filmmaker’s many movies, includingZodiac,The Social Network,Gone GirlandMank, actress Virginie Efira began a tribute, telling Fincher at one point, “Your films break the code, face demons. Thank you, Mr. Fincher.”
As the audience applauded, and Fincher started to rise from his seat, Efira, 45, stopped him in his tracks to explain that his “partner in crime” was in attendance to support him.
Sharing a list of “things you might hear” on a Fincher set, Pitt amplified the director’s reputation as a demanding professional, suggesting a commonly heard phrase was: “Let’s shoot this thing before we all lose the will to live.”
“No one ever said it was easy to make a Fincher movie. Everyone will tell you it’s worth it. Some say he’s a perfectionist,” he continued. “That is true. Very true.”
“I am delighted to have been able to set this trap for him tonight, and to be part of this tribute to one of our greatest storytellers”, Pitt added.
After handing the director his statuette, Pitt described Fincher as “hardest on himself, even though he’s the smartest guy in the room and the funniest … I’ve ever known.”
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“Other directors often try to emulate him, but invariably fail because they think it’s just about the imagery. But if it was just about the imagery, we wouldn’t keep returning to his work and honoring him tonight,” Pitt said. “To him everything matters at all time.”
He added: “My life was forever changed one day in 1994 when I had a coffee with David Fincher.”
source: people.com
