French actress and producer Isabelle Huppert, 71, will receive the Lumière Award at the 16th edition of the Lyon International Film Festival, which will take place from October 12 to 20, its organizers announced on Thursday.
“Isabelle Huppert is one of the most famous and celebrated French actresses in the world,” they said in a statement. “Her career embraces an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema.”
A favorite actress of Claude Chabrol, who directed her seven times, Isabelle Huppert won the Best Actress Award at Cannes in 1978 at the age of 25 for her role in his film “Violette Nozière”, her first collaboration with the French director.
With two other of their films, “A Women’s Affair” (1988) and “The Ceremony” (1995), she was crowned in Venice.
His second acting prize at Cannes was for “The Pianist”, by Michael Haneke (2001). In 2009, she was president of the jury there.
An unforgettable actress
“Capable of moving from a sophisticated comedy to a demanding auteur film”, the actress has worked with many big names in French and European cinema: Jean-Luc Godard, Claire Denis, Bertrand Tavernier, Diane Kurys, Maurice Pialat, Catherine Breillat, François Ozon, André Téchiné, Andrzej Wajda…
“Her insatiable curiosity and her taste for unique experiences led her to the United States, where she starred in the legendary ‘Paradise’s Gate’ (1980) by Michael Cimino, but also more recently to the Philippines and Korea of the South where she plays under the direction of Brillante Mendoza and Hong Sang-soo”, recalls the festival team.
Having won two Césars for Best Actress, for “La Cérémonie” and “Elle” by Paul Verhoeven (2017), the latter film also earned her a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.
With this Prix Lumière, she succeeds German director Wim Wenders, winner in 2023. Two other actresses have received it: Jane Fonda in 2018 and Catherine Deneuve in 2016.
“It’s a wonderful award, just like its festival. And it’s an award that bears the name of the inventors of cinema! Receiving it is a joy and a pride,” the actress told the festival organizers.
Created by Thierry Frémaux, general director of the Lumière Institute and general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, this award celebrates “a cinema personality for their entire body of work and the link they maintain with the history of cinema”.
Since its creation in 2009, the Lumière Festival has become one of the major festivals of international cinema.
The first to receive it was the American actor and director Clint Eastwood, now 94 years old.
The award will be presented on October 18.
This article was published automatically. Sources: ats / afp
