Isabelle Huppert :
Lumière Award 2024
Isabelle Huppert is among the most famous and celebrated French actresses in the world. Her career encompasses an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema. She has collaborated with auteurs from all corners of the globe, from preeminent French filmmakers like Claude Chabrol, who directed her in seven features, Jean-Luc Godard, Claire Denis, Bertrand Tavernier, Diane Kurys or Maurice Pialat, to leading figures in European cinema such as Joseph Losey, Marco Ferreri or Michael Haneke. She has received the Best Actress award twice at the Cannes Film Festival, for her roles in Violette and The Piano Teacher. She headlined the thriller Elle directed by Paul Verhoeven, garnering her a César for Best Actress (21 years after winning for Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie), also taking home a Golden Globe and getting an Oscar nod. Her insatiable curiosity has taken her to the United States, where she appeared in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, and more recently to the Philippines and South Korea, where she acted under the direction of Brillante Mendoza and Hong Sang-soo. She is a global actress who dazzles both on the big screen and on stage, capable of moving from a sophisticated comedy to a demanding drama - and she never stops filming. The public in Lyon will have the chance to meet this multi-faceted actress and (re)discover, on the big screen, a selection of films that have marked her career.
The Lumière Award, created by Thierry Frémaux in 2009, is presented every year in Lyon, the birthplace of the Cinematograph, to a film personality for his or her body of work and their link with the history of cinema.
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Master class
Meet with Isabelle Huppert
Les Célestins, Théâtre de Lyon
Firday, October 18 at 3pm
Ticket sales open on Monday, October 14 at 11.00 am.
> Link to ticketing available here (the link will go live on Monday, 14 October at 11.00 am. Online sales; on-site sales are only available at the festival village in the Institut Lumière Park).
Lumière Award Presentation Ceremony - Isabelle Huppert
Amphithéâtre – Centre de Congrès
Friday, October 18 at 7:30pm
The sales have been suspended.
Screenings
The Lacemaker by Claude Goretta (La Dentellière, 1977, 1h47, VFSTA)
Beatrice, 18, nicknamed Pomme, falls in love with François and moves in with him. Before long, cracks start to appear in their relationship... Isabelle Huppert shines at the centre of a highly sensitive film about social barriers.
Dardilly Sun 13 5:30pm | Pathé Bellecour Tue 15 4pm | Caluire Thu 17 8:30pm | Institut Lumière (Villa) Fri 18 7pm | Institut Lumière (Villa) Fri 18 7:15pm | Comœdia Sun 20 11:15am
Violette by Claude Chabrol (Violette Nozière, 1978, 2h04, Prohib. ages -12)
In rebellion against her parents' way of life, Violette commits an unredeemable act... A drama inspired by a true story. Isabelle Huppert's first role for Claude Chabrol and her first Best Actress award in Cannes.
UGC Confluence Tue 15 1:45pm | Institut Lumière (Hangar) Wed 16 7pm | Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon Thu 17 8pm | Institut Lumière (Villa) Sat 19 10:45am | Institut Lumière (Villa) Sat 19 11am | Pathé Bellecour Sun 20 5pm
Heaven’s Gate by Michael Cimino (1980, 3h36)
The story of a sheriff's opposition to the bloody repression orchestrated by landowners against migrants from Eastern Europe... An epic, vast western and a wild love story, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken and Isabelle Huppert.
Écully Mon 14 7pm | Vénissieux Tue 15 7pm | Pathé Bellecour Wed 16 8pm | UGC Confluence Thu 17 2:45pm | UGC Confluence Fri 18 8pm | UGC Confluence Sun 20 4:15pm
Clean Slate by Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de torchon, 1981, 2h08, VFSTA)
In colonial Africa, a policeman (Philippe Noiret) is derided for being a cowardly man but finds comfort in his lover (Isabelle Huppert). One day, he suddenly decides to make a statement to silence his detractors... A violent and somewhat humorous adaptation of Jim Thompson's Série Noire.
Lumière Terreaux Sun 13 10:30am | Pathé Bellecour Mon 14 5:45pm | Saint-Genis-Laval Wed 16 8pm | Comœdia Thu 17 10:45am | Rillieux Sat 19 7:30pm
Passion by Jean-Luc Godard (1982, 1h28, VFSTA)
While shooting a film, a director (Jerzy Radziwiłowicz) is distracted from his work upon discovering the union struggle of a young female worker (Isabelle Huppert)... A raw film with sublime aesthetics that connect the cinema, love and work.
Institut Lumière (Villa) Sun 13 9:15am | Institut Lumière (Villa) Sun 13 9:30am | Pathé Bellecour Fri 18 11:15am
Entre Nous / At First Sight by Diane Kurys (Coup de foudre, 1983, 1h50)
In Lyon of the 1950s, Léna (Isabelle Huppert) and Madeleine (Miou-Miou) meet and soon ignite a passionate and liberating romance... A poignant evocation of the filmmaker's mother and a tribute to her childhood in Lyon. A magnificent film.
Pathé Bellecour Sun 13 11:15am | Lumière Terreaux Sat 19 8:30pm
Screenings in partnership with
Sac de nœuds by Josiane Balasko (1985, 1h29)
During an argument with her violent husband, Rose-Marie defends herself and leaves him for dead. On the run, she enlists the help of her neighbour... A crazy, satirical road movie starring the colourful duo of Isabelle Huppert and Josiane Balasko.
UGC Confluence Mon 14 7pm | Pathé Bellecour Sat 19 11:15am
La Cérémonie by Claude Chabrol (1995, 1h51)
Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire) is employed as a housekeeper at the Lelièvre household. Before long, Sophie and the postwoman (Isabelle Huppert) become close friends. They share secrets and express disdain for the family... An unflinching and unpredictable film that pits one class against another.
Institut Lumière (Villa) Mon 14 2pm ST-SME | Institut Lumière (Villa) Mon 14 2:15pm ST-SME | UGC Confluence Wed 16 6:30pm | Charbonnières-les-Bains Sat 19 8pm | UGC Confluence Sun 20 10:45am AD
The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke (La Pianiste, 2001, 2h10, VFSTA, Prohib. ages -16)
Erika, a stern and frigid piano teacher, leads the life of a hardened spinster at her mother's house, until she meets Walter. An exploration of repression and sexual impulse that won the Grand Jury Prize, the Best Actor award for Benoît Magimel and Best Actress Isabelle Huppert (voted unanimously) in Cannes.
UGC Confluence Wed 16 9:30pm | Pathé Bellecour Sat 19 4:30pm | Comœdia Sun 20 2pm
8 Women by François Ozon (2002, 1h51)
Eight A-list actresses - including the remarkable Isabelle Huppert - star in a Cluedo-style, captivating and claustrophobic film.
Pathé Bellecour Sat. 19 at 7.30 pm
In Another Country by Hong Sang-soo (Da-reun na-ra-e-suh, 2012, 1h29)
In a country that is not her own, a woman has met, meets and will meet the same people in the same place... A poetic, vibrant film tinged with surrealist elements and a complex structure, starring Isabelle Huppert.
Comœdia Fri 18 10:45am
Elle by Paul Verhoeven (2016, 2h10, Prohib. ages -12)
One night, a hooded man breaks into Michèle's home and rapes her. She decides not to discuss it or press charges... Unsettling and ambiguous, this film explores all that is most sinister, with Isabelle Huppert in an unfathomable role.
Lumière Bellecour Wed 16 8:30pm | Pathé Bellecour Thu 17 7pm | UGC Confluence Fri 18 2pm
Greta by Neil Jordan (2018, 1h39, Prohib. ages -12)
A young woman becomes friends with a lonely widow. The first is desperate to make a friend, while the second is weakened by the death of her mother... Isabelle Huppert plays the role of an intelligent, sadistic and tormenting woman brilliantly.
Lumière Terreaux Wed 16 7:15pm | UGC Confluence Sat 19 5:45pm
Mama Weed by Jean-Paul Salomé (La Daronne, 2020, 1h46)
Patience is a French-Arabic legal interpreter. When she discovers that one of the traffickers is the son of a nurse, her mother’s caretaker, Patience decides to protect him... Isabelle Huppert plays a fanciful character at the heart of this lively comedy.
Corbas Tue 15 8pm | Pathé Bellecour Sat 19 4:44pm
