Let’s break it down, one letter at a time
 

PostED ON 18.10.2024

© Guy Ferrandis

Idol: The most imaginative actresses look to her as their inspiration. Nicole Kidman adores her and kissed her hand at the recent Venice Film Festival.

Schroeter: As in Werner, the German director with whom she made Malina (1990) and Two (2002)... She has often interpreted crazy roles with crazy artists, notably Raoul Ruiz, Marco Ferreri...

Affability: Whether it’s Christine Pascal, Josiane Balasko, Diane Kurys, Márta Mészáros or Mia Hansen-Love... the actress has been working with female directors for a long time.

Beautifully fair: Her pale complexion is a unique feature of this actress, whose intelligence tinged with melancholy in The Lady of the Camellias (1981), The Brontë Sisters (1979) and the unforgettable The Lacemaker (1977) brought her to the world's attention.

Extra-global: Losey, Wajda, Bellocchio, Skolimoswki... Paul Verhoeven, who cast her as the lead of Elle (2006) or in Neil Jordan’s thriller Greta (2018), she’s had one of the most impressive international careers....

Lumière: As in the Award she is set to receive in Lyon!

Lightness: Just like her wit in popular comedies, it proves she is unstoppable, both enthusiastic and funny, a true Mama Weed (2020), as Jean-Paul Salomé has understood.

Elegance: Her grace has led her to play the role of a muse for Balenciaga, known for its striking, beautifully cut, avant-garde style. The actress also made a statement at the Met Gala, elegantly dressed in the brand’s ‘champagne’ gown.

L'Avenir de Mia Hansen-Love (2016)
© L. Bergery - CG Cinema - Arte France - Rhone-Alpes Cinema - Detailfilm / DR

*****

Haneke : Without forgetting Hong Song-soo... “There are roles where you think they're going to take everything from you, but they're the ones that give you everything”,  she said of The Piano Teacher  (2001), upon accepting her Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Unique : From leading lady to a supporting actress in thrillers, comedies, sagas, scandalous dramas, American series, acclaimed plays, a retrospective at the MOMA, prestigious awards (an Honorary Golden Bear in 2022, an Academy Award nomination, winner of two Césars for La Cérémonie (1996), and Elle)... She knows how to live them all.

Passion : JLG! With whom she also made Every Man for Himself (1980). Whether she plays a prostitute or a labourer, with Godard, Isabelle is a sublimely prosaic figure.

Pialat :  As in Maurice, and his creation Loulou (1980), which featured Isabelle in the central female role. With Pialat, the artiste exemplified  inspired and authentic improvisation.

Ella :  Watson, her character in Michael Cimino's legendary western, Heaven's Gate (1980), and her petite, vibrant silhouette in the middle of the immense American prairie.

Règne : She is the embodiment of a queen, who takes an interest in everything and uses her platform to gain recognition for the work of others, including Barbara Loden's singular Wanda (1970), rereleased by Ronald Chammah (founder of Camélia films who directed her in Milan noir (1988), a melancholy thriller where she moves like a perilous little flower despite herself)...

Tavernier : Bertrand, obviously. Along with Claude Chabrol, Tavernier is the other indispensable filmmaker collaborator, who loved cinema as much as she does, and all the uncanny characters wrapped up in their instincts, astute observers of societies in the throes of chaos.

Virginie Apiou

Master class
A conversation with Isabelle Huppert
Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon 
Friday, 18 October at 3.00 pm

Presentation Ceremony of the Lumière Award to Isabelle Huppert
Amphithéâtre – Centre de Congrès
Friday, October 18 at 7:30pm
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The Lacemaker by Claude Goretta (1977, 1h47, VFSTA) Institut Lumière (Villa) Fri 18 7pm | Comœdia Sun 20 11:15am
Violette by Claude Chabrol (1978, 2h04, int -12ans) Institut Lumière (Villa) Sat 19 10:45am | Pathé Bellecour Sun 20 5pm
Heaven’s Gate by Michael Cimino (Heaven’s Gate, 1980, 3h36) UGC Confluence Fri 18 8pm | UGC Confluence Sun 20 4:15pm
Clean Slate by Bertrand Tavernier (1981, 2h08, VFSTA) Rillieux Sat 19 7:30pm
Passion by Jean-Luc Godard (1982, 1h28, VFSTA) Pathé Bellecour Fri 18 11:15am

Entre Nous/ At First Sight by Diane Kurys (1983, 1h50) Pathé Bellecour Sun 13 11:15am | Lumière Terreaux Sat 19 8:30pm
Screenings in partnership with

Sac de nœuds by Josiane Balasko (1985, 1h29) Pathé Bellecour Sat 19 11:15am
La Cérémonie by Claude Chabrol (1995, 1h51)  Charbonnières-les-Bains Sat 19 8pm | UGC Confluence Sun 20 10:45am AD
La Pianiste by Michael Haneke (2001, 2h10, VFSTA, int -16ans) Pathé Bellecour Sat 19 4:30pm | Comœdia Sun 20 2pm
In Another Country by Hong Sang-soo (Da-reun na-ra-e-suh, 2012, 1h29) Comœdia Fri 18 10:45am
Elle by Paul Verhoeven (2016, 2h10, int -12ans) UGC Confluence Fri 18 2pm
Greta by Neil Jordan (2018, 1h39, int -12ans) UGC Confluence Sat 19 5:45pm
La Daronne by Jean-Paul Salomé (2020, 1h46) Pathé Bellecour Sat 19 4:45pm