Isabelle Huppert
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"Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert" is a French actress of stage and screen. Since her debut in 1971, she has appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. She is the most nominated actress for the César Award, with 14 nominations. She was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur in 1999 and was promoted to Officer in 2009.

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Yes, it happens very often that someone comes and gives you something, ... But not so many good ones, which makes it easier.

If I seem detached or distant, it's because I think this is a more exact reproduction of life, where you hide as much as you show. When I see a scene in which feelings get loudly exteriorized, I say to myself, 'Well, at least this never happens to me.' I very rarely go through this type of expression. Most of the time things are hidden or at least much more subdued.

I'm standing all the way through the piece, very stiff like a tree, very much rooted in the earth, ... It's like she was wishing to die standing, to die alive. It's a strange feeling.

Venice brings me luck. There is no great role without a great director, so from the bottom of my heart I thank Patrice.

Yes, that is true, ... A mutual friend of ours told me that Alexandra wanted to give me that script, so she didn't come out of nowhere. But it did take me a while before I read it. Then she insisted every morning and after a few months I read it and I thought, 'Oh my God, it's very good.'

I'm very happy. But when this sort of thing happens, it's best to have a certain detachment.

My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.

The story is very cruel and very sharp.

Outstanding contribution to cinema.