FFCC chair Hans Morgenstern spoke with actress Isabelle Huppert when she visited Miami for a career tribute during the Miami Film Festival. Here’s what she had to say on working with Hong Sang-soo in Claire’s Camera and what future projects she looks forward to.

“This place is so inspiring,” says legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert with a gasp. “Such a beautiful theater.”

Huppert has arrived in Miami for a tribute during Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival, and she’s rather impressed by the Olympia Theater. The venue seems to live up to the hype noted in the festival’s event page ahead of the tribute: “With its opulent Old World elegance, the famed Olympia Theater is the perfect host for a celebration as iconic as the guest of honor herself.”

Huppert admits that she has been bestowed career tribute awards so many times that she can’t remember her first one anymore. “I don’t know, I don’t remember,” she laughs at the request to recall. “They will give you a tribute award at 6. I’m kidding,” she adds slyly…

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