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Isabelle Huppert Celebrated by Alfonso Cuarón at France’s Lumiere Festival Tribute: ‘For 50 Years, She Has Cast a Spell on the Screen’
Isabelle Huppert was celebrated by Alfonso Cuarón at the 15th edition of Thierry Fremaux's Lumiere Film Festival in France.
Reflecting the breadth of her legacy across different continents, French actor Isabelle Huppert was celebrated by the likes of Alfonso Cuarón, Claire Denis, Alejandro Jodorowsky and François Ozon at the 15th edition of the Lumiere Film Festival in Lyon where she received a sprawling career tribute on Oct. 18. The joyful ceremony, emceed by Huppert’s longtime friend (and Cannes boss) Thierry Fremaux who runs the Lumiere Film Festival, was punctuated by live musical numbers ranging widely from Camelia Jordana’s singing a capella ‘I Will Survive,’ to Julien Clerc performing his 1978 cult song “Ma Preference” by the piano, and French actor Sandrine Kiberlain playfully singing “Nuit de folie” which was said to be Huppert’s unexpected all-time favorite song. The gala event also gathered admirers and longtime friends of Huppert from all over the world, including Lumiere Film Festival president and actor Irène Jacob, producer Melita Toscan du Plantier, Vincent Perez and James Franco, Karine Silla, Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch, filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, U.S. distributor Richard Lorber, producer Charles Gillibert, French distributor Victor Hadida, among others.
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