French actress Isabelle Huppert will receive a Lifetime Achievement Golden Bear at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival from February 10 to 20, Berlinale management announced on Thursday.
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This prize, which rewards an "
exceptional career
", will be presented to her on February 15 during a day devoted to the screening of seven of the nearly 150 films, TV films and television series in which she has played, including
Michael's
Pianist.
Hanecke and
Sauve qui peut (la vie)
by Jean-Luc Godard.
Isabelle Huppert, 68, is "
an inimitable artist who does not hesitate to take risks or to oppose the mainstream
", underlined the two co-directors of the festival, Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, quoted in a press release. The attribution of this reward to the muse in particular of Claude Chabrol, is "
a profession of faith in favor of the cinema as an independent and unconditional form of art
", they added.
“
We often see actors and actresses as mere tools in the hands of filmmakers,
” they say. "
With actors and actresses like Isabelle Huppert, this relationship turns into an exchange
" where the artists are "
the driving force not only of emotions, but also of the creation of cinematographic concepts
". Actress already rewarded many times, Isabelle Huppert will be showing the film
At
about Joan
of Laurent Larivière to be aired at the Berlinale on February 15th. A regular at this festival, she has already appeared in seven films presented in Berlin, including
8 women
by François Ozon and
L'Avenir
by Mia Hansen-Løve.
