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Venice Film Festival: Isabelle Huppert will chair the jury of the 81st festival

French actress Isabelle Huppert will chair the jury responsible for awarding the prestigious Golden Lion for best film at the 81st Venice Film Festival, which will be held from August 28 to September 7, the Mostra announced on Wednesday.

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Venice Film Festival: Isabelle Huppert will chair the jury of the 81st festival

French actress Isabelle Huppert will chair the jury responsible for awarding the prestigious Golden Lion for best film at the 81st Venice Film Festival, which will be held from August 28 to September 7, the Mostra announced on Wednesday.

“A long and wonderful history links me to the Venice Film Festival, becoming a privileged spectator is an honor,” reacted the 71-year-old actress, already rewarded with two prizes for female interpretation on the Lido, quoted by the press release of the festival.

“Her great willingness to constantly put herself back into play, a sign of her extraordinary intelligence, as well as her ability to consider cinema beyond geographical and mental boundaries, make her an ideal jury president,” commented the artistic director. of the demonstration, Alberto Barbera.

In addition to the Golden Lion, the jury that she will chair will have the delicate task of awarding on September 7 the Silver Lion-Grand Jury Prize, the Silver Lion-Prize for Best Achievement, the prizes for the best male and female interpretation and the prize for best screenplay.

A favorite actress of French director Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert won the Best Actress Award at Cannes in 1978 for her role in his film “Violette Nozière”. It was also two films by Claude Chabrol, “Une affair de femmes” (1988) and “La Ceremony” (1995), which allowed her to be crowned twice in Venice.

In France, she twice won the César for best actress, for “La Cérémonie” and in 2017 for “Elle” by Paul Verhoeven, which also earned her the Golden Globe for best actress in a dramatic film and an Oscar nomination for best actress.

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