GERMANY: Berlin Film Festival honours famous French director Chabrol 50 years after his first Berlinale-Trophy
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GERMANY: Berlin Film Festival honours famous French director Chabrol 50 years after his first Berlinale-Trophy
- Title: GERMANY: Berlin Film Festival honours famous French director Chabrol 50 years after his first Berlinale-Trophy
- Date: 10th February 2009
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 6, 2009) (REUTERS) RED CARPET FOR THE BERLINALE HONOUR PRICE BERLINALE-DIRECTOR DIETER KOSSLICK WELCOMING FRENCH DIRECTOR CLAUDE CHABROL ON RED CARPET CHABROL SIGNING PICTURES OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHERS CHABROL TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH DIRECTOR CLAUDE CHABROL, SAYING: "This is a great pleasure. Usually I don't really like these prices of honour. But this is different. In the film business the difficulty is to shot and produce good stuff over a long time period. And 50 years, that is not bad, I am a bit proud of that. So as a signal as recognition of that fact I like it, because they could also have shot me down saying 50 years, that is enough. But no, they honour me for that. I like it." CHABROL GIVING INTERVIEW, PAN TO BERLINALE-LOGO CHABROL AND KOSSLICK GOING TO STAGE OF CINEMA WIDE OF STAGE WITH KOSSLICK AND CHABROL AUDIEANCE CLAPPING KOSSLICK HANDS OVER TROPHY IN FORM OF A CAMERA WIDE OF CINEMA CHABROL PRETENDING TO FILM WITH THE CAMERA-SHAPED TROPHY AUDIENCE CLAPPING CHABROL PRETENDING TO FILM KOSSLICK LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH DIRECTOR CLAUDE CHABROL, SAYING: "I would not really have cared about another bear (trophy) this time. 50 years ago that was really important to me as I was just starting as a director. But now I would not have given anything about it. That is why I always tell juries: Give the prices to young people who really need them." AUDIENCE CLAPPING FOR CHABROL
- Embargoed: 25th February 2009 12:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: 50 years after receiving his first trophy at the Berlin film festival famous French director Claude Chabrol was honoured for his lifetime achievement on the Berlinale on Sunday (February 8th).
"This is a great pleasure", Chabrol told Reuters at the red carpet. "In the film business the difficulty is to shot and produce good stuff over a long time period. And 50 years, that is not bad, I am a bit proud of that. They could also have shot me down saying 50 years, that is enough.
But no, they honour me for that."
78-year-old Chabrol is among the most famous French film-makers who started his career as one of the spearheads of the "Nouvelle Vague".
In 1959 he received his first prize in Berlin for his film 'Les cousins' (The Cousins). Since then he realized more than 30 movies.
"50 years ago that was really important to me as I was just starting as a director", Chabrol told the audience in Berlin. "But now I would not have given anything about it. That is why I always tell juries: Give the prices to young people who really need them."
Chabrol's lates movie 'Bellamy' is featured in this year's Berlinale special program. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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