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  • Huppert to be honoured in Sweden - 15 August 2011
    -French actress Isabelle Huppert will be honoured for her career achievements at this year's (11) Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden.-The La Ceremonie star has been selected as the recipient of the Bronze Horse award, joining previous honourees Lauren Bacall and directors


  • Something Weird: The Strangest Movies Ever Made - 5 April 2011
    o grapple with existential philosophy, environmental awareness, and consumer capitalism. With Dustin Hoffman, Mark Wahlberg and Isabelle Huppert. - - - - - - - -House- (1977)- -The wackiest haunted house movie you ever dreamed of came out of Japan in


  • WIN! White Material on Blu-ray - 7 December 2010
    vals, the film is a riveting exploration the dark complexities of racial conflict and limits of human will.- -The legendary Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher) is Maria Vial, a fearless French woman attempting to run her family's coffee plantation in an unnamed Afric

Isabelle Huppert - what members say


  • Merci Pour Le Chocolat
  • Merci Pour Le Chocolat review by from Norfolk
    Rated - 3.0 stars A slow burner.. 7 September 2004
    ...I enjoyed this movie, but more for the sum of its parts than for its whole. Isabelle Huppert lights up pretty much anything I have ever seen her in, and her shadowy, jealous...   Read customer review
  • Madame Bovary
  • Madame Bovary review by A customer from Winchester , UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars For those who loves drama 26 April 2004
    ...ead the book and i was expecting the movie to match its grandeur. Nevertheless, Isabelle Huppert interprets the role of Madame Bovary superbly.you can actually feel everything ...   Read customer review
  • The Piano Teacher
  • The Piano Teacher review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Complex psychological drama 7 July 2004
    ...this is a complex film about a deeply repressed woman (Isabelle Huppert who plays a piano teacher) and her troubled relationships with her mother and her students at a musical ...   Read customer review

Isabelle Huppert - filmography


  • Private Property on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Yannick Renier,  Kris Cuppens
    Director: Joachim Lafosse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A beautiful old farm in Belgium is home to Pascale and her twin sons Thierry and François . Although loving and ostensibly supportive of one another, each is still reeling from the divorce that divided the family some years earlier. Now in their late teens, the boys, to some extent, have begun to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 978 members
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  • The Sea Wall on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy,  Isabelle Huppert,  Gaspard Ulliel
    Director: Rithy Panh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    1931, French Indochina: A French widow and her two children eke out a living from rice fields located perilously close to the ocean. Every year, their fields are flooded with sea water and their crops are destroyed. Their only hope seems to be the construction of a seawall. The mother refuses to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 465 members
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  • Gabrielle on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Raina Kabaivanska,  Isabelle Huppert,  Pascal Greggory
    Director: Patrice Chereau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Patrice Chereau's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novella THE RETURN is a gripping chamber piece in which a bourgeois man's stable, comfortable life is unexpectedly shattered. The time is turn-of-the-century France. Jean (an utterly brilliant Pascal Greggory) and his wife Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 560 members
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  • Comedy Of Power on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  François Berléand,  Patrick Bruel
    Director: Claude Chabrol
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Claude Chabrol's Comedy of Power stars Isabelle Huppert as a French judge who attempts to bring down the very powerful but corrupt CEO of a large corporation. As she digs deeper into the case, she uncovers criminal activity that stretches into the highest levels of government, and her life is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 886 members
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  • Ma Mere on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Louis Garrel,  Emma de Caunes
    Director: Christophe Honore
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Adapted from the provocative novel by transgressive postmodern intellectual and author Georges Bataille, MA MERE is set in the visually lush and spiritually empty tourist trap of the Canary Islands. Louis Garrel, projecting the same European sultriness that was perfectly suited to Bertolucci's more ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 5,887 members
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  • Time of The Wolf on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy,  Beatrice Dalle,  Patrice Chereau
    Director: Michael Haneke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Haneke's TIME OF THE WOLF is an emotionally riveting film that takes place in post-apocalyptic rural France. Keeping the film at a constantly tense level even though the characters are for the most part calm and logical, Haneke has mastered the art of controlling his audience. Viewers will ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,781 members
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  • 8 Women on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Danielle Darrieux,  Ludivine Sagnier,  Firmine Richard
    Director: Francois Ozon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From French director Francois Ozon, 8 WOMEN is a character drama and musical set in a country home during Christmastime in the 1950s. Though the atmosphere seems light and festive, when the host, Marcel, is stabbed in the back, one of the eight women in the house must be the culprit. The youngest ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,804 members
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  • The Piano Teacher on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy,  Isabelle Huppert,  Annie Girardot
    Director: Michael Haneke
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Erika (Isabelle Huppert) teaches classical piano in a cold and often abrasive style. Approaching middle age, Erika lives with her doting mother (Annie Girardot) and still sleeps in the same bed with her. Erika's social life consists of occasionally sneaking away to a peep show where she secretly ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 8,111 members
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  • Comedie De L'Innocence on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Jeanne Balibar,  Charles Berling
    Director: Raul Ruiz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A chilling drama in which Adriane (ISABELLE HUPPERT) has her world turned upside down when her only child claims to be the son of a woman whose own child drowned two years previously. The two mothers must compete for the son's affections in this haunting film which is part psychological thriller, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 865 members
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  • Merci Pour Le Chocolat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Jacques Dutronc,  Michel Robin
    Director: Claude Chabrol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A mystery set in the environs of Lausanne concerning several plots which wind their way through the elegant homesteads of a couple of well-heeled French-Swiss denizens. Mika is the couture-attired, oh-so-perfect head of Muller Chocolates--a company that manufactures Swiss chocolates. Andre is her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,746 member
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  • Rien Ne Va Plus (1997)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Michel Serrault,  Francois Cluzet
    Director: Claude Chabrol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Claude Chabrol's 50th feature is a darkly comic crime-caper that twists and turns into an unsettling climax. Betty and Victor are a couple of con-artists, who usually prey on hapless businessmen and convention guests. They're strictly small-time until they meet Maurice, a crime syndicate's courier ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,194 member
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  • La Ceremonie on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Jacqueline Bisset,  Isabelle Huppert,  Sandrine Bonnaire
    Director: Claude Chabrol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Ruth Rendell's chilling novel La Ceremonie is one of Claude Chabrol's most celebrated and unforgettable films. Wealthy family the Lelivres have taken on the extremely efficient but strangely detached Sophie as their live-in maid. Her free time is spent alone in her room until she meets ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,693 member
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  • La Ceremonie - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Jacqueline Bisset,  Isabelle Huppert,  Sandrine Bonnaire
    Director: Claude Chabrol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Claude Chabrol's LA CEREMONIE, the wealthy Lelievre family live in a grand estate in the calm isolation of the French countryside. All that lacks in their lustrous lifestyle is the perfect maid, who they believe to have found in the shy and recalcitrant Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire). The match ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 3 members
    Due for release on 23rd July 2012
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  • La Separation (1994)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Daniel Auteuil
    Director: Christian Vincent
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    French director Christian Vincent charts the dissolution of a long-term relationship with his third film, based on the novel by Dan Franck. Daniel Auteuil and Isabelle Huppert star as Pierre and Anne, a couple who have been living together as husband and wife for several years. Although they never ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 933 members
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  • Amateur (1994)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A crackpot ex-nun who writes pornographic short stories crosses paths with an amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to uncover his identity, they come face to face with his unsavory past - including a vengeful porno actress and ruthless corporate assassins hot on their ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 203 members
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  • Story of Women on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  François Cluzet,  Nils Tavernier
    Director: Claude Chabrol
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Marie Latour (Isabelle Huppert) wants to be a singer, but she is a woman struggling against poverty in war-torn France, with two children to feed and a husband away fighting. When a neighbor becomes pregnant, Marie performs an abortion and is rewarded for her services with a Victrola. It's a small ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 173 members
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  • The Bedroom Window (1987)
    Starring: Steve Guttenberg,  Isabelle Huppert,  Elizabeth McGovern
    Director: Curtis Hanson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young architect is engaged in an affair with his boss's wife, who witnesses an attack on a young girl from his bedroom window, but needs him to report it since she cannot admit to being there. The architect steps forward and pretends to be the witness, only to become the chief suspect in a series ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 269 members
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  • Coup De Torchon on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Philippe Noiret,  Isabelle Huppert,  Jean-Pierre Marielle
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Coup De Torchon stars Philippe Noiret as Lucien Cordier, an ieffectual local constable. The townsfolk and his adulterous wife alike, view him with contempt - however he realises that he can use his position to gain revenge and vengeance on those who don't respect him!
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 499 members
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  • Slow Motion on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Jacques Dutronc,  Nathalie Baye
    Director: Jean-Luc Godard
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie), a pessimistic but visually stunning film, marks Jean-Luc Godard's return to cinema after having spent the 70s working in video. The film presents a few days in the lives of three people: Paul Godard (Jacques Dutronc ), a television producer; Denise Rimbaud (Nathalie Baye), ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 679 members
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  • The Lacemaker (1977)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Yves Beneyton,  Florence Giorgetti
    Director: Claude Goretta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Isabelle Huppert gives a superb performance as a shy young hairdresser who has a holiday romance with a serious university student. Cultural and social differences however, seem to conspire against their love. A delicate, sensitive examination of young love.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 67 members
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  • Rosebud on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Richard Attenborough,  Kim Cattrall
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Legendary filmmaker Otto Preminger (BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM) directs this dramatic tale concerning a group of terrorists who kidnap five beautiful women from a yacht in Greece and hold them for ransom.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 73 members
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  • Les Valseuses on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Jeanne Moreau,  Isabelle Huppert,  Gerard Depardieu
    Director: Bertrand Blier
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director Bertrand Blier's Les Valseuses features Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere as a pair of sociopaths wending their way across France. Though Depardieu is the more dominant of the two, both men are equally culpable in their disregard for common decency. They are particularly rough on women, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,490 member
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  • Copacabana
    Starring: Aure Atika,  Chantal Banlier,  Rudy Blomme
    Director: Marc Fitoussi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Boldly unconventional and cheerful, that's how one could describe Babou. Never having cared about social conventions, she is suddenly faced with the realization that her own daughter is ashamed of her and therefore refuses to invite her to her wedding. Hurt in her pride, Babou tries to regain her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 12 members
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Isabelle Huppert facts

5 most recent films

White Material - 3.0 stars
Villa Amalia - 3.0 stars
Home - 3.0 stars
White Material - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Private Property - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Amateur - 4.0 stars
The Lacemaker - 3.5 stars
Story of Women - 3.5 stars
Coup De Torchon - 3.5 stars
The Judge And The Assassin - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

La Ceremonie - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
The Essential Claude Chabrol - Vol.1 - 2.5 stars
Essential Claude Chabrol Vol.2 - 3.0 stars
Entre Nous - 3.0 stars
Copacabana - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jean-Claude Brialy - 9 times - show films
Philippe Noiret - 7 times - show films
Sandrine Bonnaire - 3 times - show films
Francois Cluzet - 3 times - show films
Marie Trintignant - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Claude Chabrol - 9 times - show films
Michael Haneke - 4 times - show films
Otto Preminger - 2 times - show films
Jean-Luc Godard - 2 times - show films
Rithy Panh - 2 times - show films