After Wim Wenders in 2023, Isabelle Huppert will receive the 2024 Lumière Prize.
This award was created by Thierry Fremaux to celebrate an individual’s entire body of work and connection to the history of cinema. Over the years, it has become one of the most prestigious awards recognized by the profession and the international press.
In a press release, the Lumiere Festival commemorates the rich career of Isabelle Hooper:
“His career covers a huge part of the history of modern cinema. He 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 Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Sean Penn and Natalie Portman. A global actor who dazzles both screen and stage, who embraces the goals of photography and fashion, he has been the winner of the biggest international film prizes, including two interpretation prizes at the Cannes festival, of which he was the president. Jury in 2009.“
“Isabelle Huppert is one of the most famous and famous French actresses in the world. The young premiere with the gourmet characteristics of La Detellière established itself with the greatest cinematographers of its country: Claude Chabrol, who directed it seven times, notably Violette Nozière or Une Affaire de femmes, Jean-Luc Godard, Claire Denis, Bertrand Tavernier. , Diane Couris, Maurice Pialati, Catherine Brea, Michel Deville, Francois Ozon, Andre Techine, etc.
Attentive to the great European authors, he also shoots for Joseph Losey, Marco Ferrer or Michael Haneke, who will offer him the important role of a pianist, and in 2016 for Paul Verhoeven, for whom he has the lead role in the thriller Elle. which earned him an Oscar nomination.
At the beginning of his career, his insatiable curiosity and taste for unique experiences led him to the United States, where he starred in the legendary film “Heaven’s Gate” (1980), by Michael Cimino, but also recently to the Philippines or South Korea, where. He plays under the direction of Brillante Mendoza and Hong Sang-soo.
Able to move from subtle comedy to demanding auteur film, he never stops spinning, turning each of his characters into a separate mystery, which he enriches with his naturalness and irony.“
Isabelle Huppert will receive the Lumer Prize on Friday, October 18, 2024. The 16th Lumer Festival will be held from October 12 to 20, 2024.
Source: Allocine
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