‘La Haine’ Director Mathieu Kassovitz Seriously Injured in Motorbike Accident – French Media Reports
deadline.comFrench Media French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz has been seriously injured in a motorbike accident on the Montlhéry circuit outside Paris, according to French media reports.
French news channel BFMTV said the actor had been taken to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital in Paris. It said that according to the actor’s entourage, his life was not in danger.
Kassovitz broke out at home and internationally in 1995 for La Haine, which is still regarded as one of the seminal works tackling racism and police violence in France.
Kassovitz won Best Director in Cannes in 1995 for the film, which also went on to win the French César for Best Film. Other hits his career include Crimson Rivers (2000) and Gothika (2003), starring Halle Berry and Penélope Cruz.
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