She has been shining a light on cinema with her talent since the 1970s. An actress at the height of her art, Isabelle Huppert was chosen to be distinguished by the 2024 Lumière Prize. She corresponds perfectly to the meaning intended for this award by Thierry Frémaux, director of the Lumière Institute and president of the Lyon Festival (the 15th edition of which will take place from October 12 to 20): “celebrate a personality for all of their work and the link they maintain with the history of cinema. »
She toured with the greatest
Isabelle Huppert’s career embraces an immense part of this history. 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. A filmography of unique scope and impact, admired by his peers. And she has been rewarded with the biggest international cinema awards, including two Acting Awards at Cannes.
She shoots for Joseph Losey, Marco Ferreri, Michael Haneke and Paul Verhoeven
The young premiere of The Lacemaker has established itself among the greatest filmmakers of its country: Claude Chabrol, who directed it seven times, notably in Violette Noziere or A Women’s Affair , Jean-Luc Godard, Claire Denis, Bertrand Tavernier, Diane Kurys, Maurice Pialat, Catherine Breillat, Michel Deville, François Ozon, André Téchiné, etc. Attentive to the great European authors, she also shoots for Joseph Losey, Marco Ferreri, or Michael Haneke, who offers her the title role of The Pianist and in 2016 with Paul Verhoeven, for whom she stars in the thriller Elle which earned him an Oscar nomination.
Able to go from a sophisticated comedy to an arthouse film
From the start of her career, her insatiable curiosity and her taste for unique experiences led her to the United States, with Heaven’s Gate (1980) by Michael Cimino, but also more recently to the Philippines or South Korea under the directed by Brillante Mendoza and Hong Sang-soo. Able to go from a sophisticated comedy to an arthouse film, she has not stopped filming for 50 years.
Isabelle Huppert, who was one day editor-in-chief for Progress in 2008, will receive his Prize on Friday, October 18, 2024 in Lyon as part of the Lumière Festival, succeeding Wim Wenders, recipient last year, but also Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodovar, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda, Francis Ford Coppola and many others.
Tickets on sale for the opening evening of the Lumière Festival, which will take place on Saturday October 12 at the Halle Tony-Garnier, will begin on Wednesday July 3. Info and reservations: https://www.festival-lumiere.org/
