After a motorcycle accident in the hospital: “The fabulous world of Amélie” star Mathieu Kassovitz in “worrying” condition.
Mathieu Kassovitz (56) was “very badly” injured in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. The French actor and director suffered a head trauma and a fractured pelvis, among other things. He is in a “worrying condition”.
According to French media reports, Kassovitz had prepared for a role with a motorcycle training session near Paris. One of his daughters drove behind the actor on a motorcycle, she allegedly witnessed the accident. Kassovitz was admitted to a hospital in a commune south of Paris.
“Hate” and “Amélie”: director and actor Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz was born in 1967 as the son of Hungarian-born director Peter Kassovitz (85). After first steps as an actor, he directed his first films in the early 1990s. The big breakthrough was “Hate” in 1995. For the social drama about life in a banlieue with Vincent Cassel (56), Kassovitz was awarded best director in Cannes. In 2000 he shot “The Crimson Rivers” with Cassel and Jean Reno (75).
Mathieu Kassovitz’ best-known film as an actor is certainly “The Fabulous World of Amélie”. In the 2001 cult film he played Nino, the heartthrob of the title heroine played by Audrey Tautou (47).
Source: Stern
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