Benoît Jacquot on Villa Amalia

Cinémoi talks to revered filmmaker Benoît Jacquot about his critical success Villa Amalia (2009), marking his fifth collaboration with leading lady of choice, Isabelle Huppert. Villa Amalia follows Ann, a musician whose life is thrown into turmoil when she witnesses her lover kissing another woman. With her music and a friend to comfort her, she sets off for an island to find the Villa Amalia. Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, White Material) is near pitch-perfect as the lonely woman who escapes the life she thought she knew, and who embarks on a journey of self-discovery. In this interview we learn more about Jacquot’s working relationship with Huppert and what it was like to direct her for fifth time.