Isabelle Huppert is making her New York theaterical debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in "4.48 Psychosis," a play by Sarah Kane. It is the story of a young woman’s mental breakown and suicidal thinking. The playwright killed herself in 1999.
Isabelle Huppert is on stage for the entirety of the play, in what is being described as a "tormented performance." "When desperation visist," the character says, "I shall hang myself to the sound of my lover’s breathing."
Isabelle Huppert has starred in the films of Truffaut, Godard, Diane Kury, and other great French directors. Her films include (in no particular order): Heaven’s Gate, Every Man for Himself, I Heart Huckabees, Entre Nous, The Piano Teacher, Going Places, The Lacemaker, Violette, Madame Bovary, and so many more. From October 17 to November 23, 2005, the Museum of Modern Art will be screening many of the films of this "intense, lithe, and passionate woman considered to be one of cinema
Actually, Sarah Kane, the playwrite, suffering from manic depression, killed herself in 1999.
Before going, you might want to touch up on your french by taking the special $150 per session french class for kids mentioned on PSP.
The show is in French. I think I’m gonna go.
Wow, I’d be there in a flash. (I wonder how her English is?)