Isabelle Huppert To Give Berlinale 2022 A Miss Following COVID-19 Diagnosis
French acting great Isabelle Huppert, recipient of this year's Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, will not attend the gala in person as she tested positive for COVID-19, the festival has anno
French
acting
great
Isabelle
Huppert,
recipient
of
this
year's
Honorary
Golden
Bear
at
the
Berlin
International
Film
Festival,
will
not
attend
the
gala
in
person
as
she
tested
positive
for
COVID-19,
the
festival
has
announced.
The
Homage
of
the
Berlinale
2022
is
dedicated
to
Huppert,
who
is
also
the
recipient
of
the
Honorary
Golden
Bear
for
lifetime
achievement.
The
68-year-old
actor,
who
has
featured
in
the
Berlinale
Competition
seven
times,
tested
positive
for
the
coronavirus
in
Paris
on
Monday.
"Considering
that
Isabelle
Huppert
is
not
feeling
sick
and
she
is
willing
to
support
the
festival
we
have
decided
to
go
on
with
the
award
ceremony.
As
she
cannot
come,
we
will
send
our
love
and
admiration
to
her
home
in
Paris.
We
look
forward
to
having
her
in
Berlin
another
time," said
Berlinale
directors
Mariette
Rissenbeek
and
Carlo
Chatrian
in
a
statement
shared
on
the
festival's
official
website.
The
award
ceremony
of
the
Honorary
Golden
Bear
will
take
place
today
in
the
evening
at
the
Berlinale
Palast
as
planned.
Huppert
will
tune
in
live
from
Paris
to
assist
the
ceremony
and
to
speak
to
her
audience.
Her
film
"A
propos
de
Joan
(About
Joan)",
directed
by
Laurent
Lariviere,
will
be
screened
as
a
Berlinale
Special
Gala
afterwards.
'Berlinale
Homage:
In
Conversation
with
Isabelle
Huppert',
an
event
planned
with
the
actor
at
Berlinale
Talents,
has
been
cancelled.