French actress Isabelle Huppert will
be the president of International Jury of the Competition at the
81st Venice International Film Festival, from 28 August to 7
September, the world's oldest cinema festival said on Wednesday.
Huppert, 71, won the Coppa Volpi prize for best actress at the
Venice Film Festival twice for Story of Women (1988) and La
Cérémonie (1995) and in 2005 she was awarded a Special Golden
Lion for the Overall Work
"There is a long and beautiful history between the Festival and
I," said Huppert, who will chair the jury that will assign the
Golden Lion for Best Film and the other official awards.
"Becoming a privileged spectator is an honor. More than ever,
cinema is a promise.
"The promise to escape, to disrupt, to surprise, to take a good
look at the world, united in the differences of our tastes and
ideas".
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