Anyone who adores the richness and diversity of French cinema, which seems to present a difference side with every film produced, should make an effort to experience the multiplicity of one of its favourite femme fatales.
The result of a partnership between Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Alliançe Française Brisbane and the Embassy of France in Australia, Isabelle Huppert: A Woman of Many Faces profiles the film career of one of France’s leading ladies from its origins in 1971 to her most recent offerings this side of the new millenium. Working solidly through the richest time in France’s film industry, Huppert has been a chameleon of talent in over 80 feature films, a lot of them making their way to an English-speaking audience with varied success. Titles like Madame Bovary, Story of Women (Affaire des Femmes) and The Piano Teacher are well inside any movie connoisseur’s film vocabulary, even if the chance to watch them has never arisen.
This exhibition consists of a film program at GoMA’s Australian Cinemathèque from this Saturday, July 14 to August 2, with tickets costing $9 ($7 concession). Don’t miss this weekend’s special lecture by Prof. Barbara Creed, who will discuss the sexuality and subjectivity of Isabelle Huppert, on Saturday at 1pm. To get you in the mood, rent out 8 Femmes over the weekend…quirky French doesn’t get much better.
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You’re right, Lauren, this really will be a great exhibition – she’s such a dynamic woman. Can’t wait to see it!