The French actress succeeds Wim Wenders and will therefore be the fourth woman to receive the Lumière prize, awarded during the Lyon festival of the same name. The 16th edition of the latter is scheduled for October 12 to 20.
She is only the fourth woman to receive this honor. French actress Isabelle Huppert will be awarded the 2024 Lumière Prize, organizers announced Thursday June 27. She succeeds German director Wim Wenders, who was honored last year.
“Her career embraces an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema. She has collaborated with authors from all over the world: the greatest French filmmakers, the big names of European cinema, the Asian new wave, American independent filmmakers,” write organizers.
A prize created in 2009
The latter salute the “filmography of unique breadth and impact, admired by Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Sean Penn and Natalie Portman” of a “global actress who dazzles on screen and on stage, who lends herself to the lenses of photography and fashion, who was the winner of the greatest international cinema awards”.
Whether for his roles in Eight Women, She, The Pianist or A women’s affair, Isabelle Huppert has become one of “the most famous and celebrated French actresses in the world.”
She is the fourth woman to receive the Lumière prize, created in 2009 by Thierry Frémaux, after Catherine Deneuve (2016), Jane Fonda (2018) and Jane Campion (2021). Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton but also Francis Ford Coppola are also among the recipients of this prize given during the Lumière festival.
Isabelle Huppert will receive her prize on October 18, while the 16th edition of the festival is scheduled for October 12 to 20. The program has not yet been revealed.
