Yannick in real life: Isabelle Huppert is interrupted on stage

Yannick in real life: Isabelle Huppert is interrupted on stage

On the stage of the Sarah Bernhard theater in Paris, Isabelle Huppert plays Bérénice, from Racine’s classic opera. Modernized, the interpretation provoked the reaction of a spectator who questioned the actress during the show.

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Less than a year after the release of the film in which Raphaël Quenard interrupted a show he didn’t like, the Sarah Bernhard theater in Paris was faced with an event with an uncanny resemblance.

«We don’t understand what you’re saying, Isabelle! »

In recent weeks, the 71-year-old actress has played Bérénice, the heroine of Racine’s classic. Revisited by director Romeo Castellucci, this version of the work introduces some oddities, in particular maintaining only the invectives of the character of Bérénice from the original text. Additionally, Isabelle Huppert’s voice is sometimes modified by computer or by causing her to stutter intentionally.


Choices that sparked misunderstandings among some viewers. «We don’t understand what you’re saying, Isabelle! » he threw one at him, as confirmed by AFP.

Yannick in real life: Isabelle Huppert is interrupted on stage
Pio Marmaï and Raphaël Quenard in Yannick

Unlike Quentin Dupieux’s film, the show did not take an unexpected turn and Isabelle Huppert continued to act. The actress “He wasn’t bothered at all » Director Demarcy-Mota assured AFP.

Asked by Information about FranceFlorence Naugrette, professor of theater history and theory at the Sorbonne, explained:

“The theatre, in fact, is a place where actors expose themselves. This is what makes them so vulnerable, even when they are highly recognized. Live performance, by definition, involves this risk: we are afraid for a dancer of falling and for an actor of having a memory lapse or of being arrested. A show where there is no longer this risk, it is no longer theatre, it is cinema. »


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