In the thriller, she plays a hostage taken by a group of terrorists. Huppert has appeared in more than 90 productions since making her screen debut in 1972. She received the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her 2001 role in "The Piano Teacher." She told reporters Friday that she is now working with South Korean director Hong Sang-soo on a new film.
"Since the very beginning, I've been attracted to going on the road," she said on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival. "I was never willing to stay in my country. I wanted to travel."
Huppert said she noticed a "kind of proximity" between French and South Korean movies when she discovered Hong's "Woman Is the Future of Man," a satirical 2004 movie about two men and their mutual former girlfriend. Huppert said she began to approach Asia "out of curiosity" and is impressed by its filmmakers' "capacity to invent."
"It's alive. It's vivid," she said.
