Juliette Binoche Proving the value of silence in cinema by receiving the Donostia Award awarded by the San Sebastian Festival for his contribution to the seventh art history.
“Silence is a presence before shooting, a force from which I receive feelings, sensations.. Without it there are no words, without it there are no souls. And when it’s shared with a director, a film crew, in that moment a golden thread is woven and it becomes a movie,” the actress told audiences at the Kursaal in San Sebastian.
The public applauded him as he entered. Tears appeared on her face and her voice broke after a long list of thanks to everyone who has been with him throughout his career, from his children, parents, guild members, directors to technicians.
In Basque, acknowledgments went to José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastian Festival, a competition that programs “loves” films directed by “loved” filmmakers.
Binoche receives the Donostia Prize Isabel Coixet, who directed her in ‘Nobody Wants the Night’ (2015), said the actress’ face was “radiating light”. “Their characters are very different, but they are all fascinated by this rare and extraordinary light,” she stressed.
In addition to receiving this award, the French actress is doubling down as part of the cast of Christophe Honoré’s ‘Le Lycéen’ and ‘Fuego’ competing in the Official Section in this 70th edition of the San Sebastian competition. Claire Denis, who took part in the San Sebastian auditorium and won the Silver Bear for best director at the Berlin Film Festival with this film.
Images of his entire professional life flashed through the screen of Kursaal in San Sebastian in a matter of minutes.The 58-year-old Parisian started with ‘Liberty Belle’ written by Pascal Kané in 1983 and continued with titles such as ‘I greet you, Maria’ by Jean-Luc Godard, who passed away this Tuesday.
Its curriculum, which includes films shot in both French and English, includes Leos Carax’s ‘Bad Blood’ and ‘The Lovers of Pont-Neuf’; ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ by Philip Kaufman; ‘The English Patient’ by xx, for which Louis Malle’s ‘Wound’ won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar and the Best Actress Award at the Berlinale.
He shared the spotlight with Daniel Day-Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, Daniel Auteuil, Judi Dench, Catherine Deneuve, Johnny Depp, Ethan Hawke, Mathieu Kassovitz, Olivier Martinez, Clive Owen, and Robert Pattinson.
It has also been directed by filmmakers such as Krzysztof Kieslowski, author of “Three Colors: Blue,” the first of a trilogy for which Binoche won the Best Actress Award and the César Award at the Venice Film Festival. nine more times.
This muse of European auteur cinema also worked under the orders of Abbas Kiarostami, Olivier Assayas and Michael Haneke. and also with Canadian director David Cronenberg, this 70th edition’s other Donostia Award winner.
Binoche became the twenty-sixth woman to receive this honor this Sunday, which has also been given to fellow countrymen, including Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau, Isabelle Huppert and Marion Cotillard.
Source: Informacion
