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On the morning of 23, the Isabel Upper Film Master Class of the 15th Beijing International Film Festival was held at Langyuan Station. Photo by Beijing Daily reporter He Guanxin

　　When asked about many Western film critics calling her the "greatest actor" of this era, Isabel Huppel replied without hesitation: "I agree with these comments very much." The audience applause was thunderous, impressed by the actor's confidence and calmness. Yesterday, the 15th Beijing International Film Festival held the Isabel Huppert Master Class, and the scene was full. Offstage, director Jia Zhangke turned into a "fan" and listened attentively; on stage, young director Bi Gan seized the opportunity to ask questions as a guest of conversation, and Yupper also expressed his love for his movies "Picnic on the Roadside" and "The Last Night on the Earth".

　　As an evergreen in the world film industry, French actor Yuppel created a unique performance aesthetic with his unique temperament and multi-faceted personality. She is good at shaping the unpredictable psychology of the characters with calm and restrained performances. From the end of the French New Wave in the 1970s to the present, Yupper has wandered between Eurasia and inspired the life nature of many characters with his moving performance. She has won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes and Venice Film Festival twice, and has worked with many famous directors. At 71 years old, she has taken the audience through almost half of the film history, but she is still full of vitality and maintains her strong artistic creativity.

　　Although he was happy to accept the praise of the "greatest actor", Yuppel then added that it was not her own credit, because she has worked with many great directors. Talking about Austrian director Michael Hanek, who is famous for his cruel narrative style, Huppel said: "As a film director, he is cruel, but as an individual, he is very empathetic." She once played a psychologically distorted piano teacher in "Piano Teacher" directed by Hanek, and her restrained and solid acting skills are chilling. This work won her the Cannes Best Actress Award and is also one of her representative performance works. Yuppel said that both the narrative and the directorial style of "Piano Teacher" are shocking, "The main thing about making a movie is not about what it tells, but how it tells it."

　　In recent years, Yupper has also bravely tried to cooperate across countries and across cultures. For example, she and Korean director Hong Changxiu filmed "In a Foreign Country", "Claire's Camera" and "The Traveler's Needs". "Claire's Camera" was filmed during the Cannes Film Festival, and it only took 6 days in total. "The Traveler's Need" was also completed in a very short time. Although he filmed very quickly, the time he invested was actually huge, just a different way of investing time." Yupper revealed that when Hong Changxiu was filming a movie, the actors could ask questions constantly, but they didn't have to find the answer. Yupper hopes to work with Chinese directors one day. She also commented on Bi Gan's movies on the spot. She believed that Bi Gan's works were poetic and could bring the audience into a dream.

　　An audience asked Yupper's opinion on "movie face". Yupper said that movies can bring endless diversity and changes, so the beauty in the movie also changes greatly. "A great director will bring us into the beauty of diversity, and our films will be full of vitality." She believes that the definition of beauty is not perfect, but on the contrary, the imperfection with flaws is beauty. (Beijing Daily reporter Yuan Yuner)

[Editor in charge: Tang Wei]