2023-09-03 21:01:55
By EP
Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 26 minutes ago
Director Mathieu Kassovitz during a screening of Guardians of the Galaxy, at Disneyland Paris, April 22, 2023. Zabulon Laurent / Zabulon Laurent / ABACA
The director of La Haine is said to be in a “worrying” state after losing control of his motorcycle during acceleration on the Montlhéry circuit.
French actor Mathieu Kassovitz was in a state of health on Sunday.worrying“After a motorcycle accident at the Linas-Monthléry autodrome (Essonne), we learned from the prefecture and the Evry prosecution. He was taken to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital (Val-de-Marne), said the Essonne prefecture, confirming information from BFM-TV.
«His vital prognosis is not engaged“, indicated to AFP the entourage of Mathieu Kassovitz, evoking “serious injuries to an ankle and pelvis“. According to the first elements, the 56-year-old actor, who had come to take advanced motorcycle driving lessons to prepare for an upcoming film, is the only one involved and did not hit another vehicle, the prosecution said.
He was ejected from the two-wheeler he was driving alone and fell violently to the ground. According to The Parisian , the actor was in “absolute emergency” when help arrived with multiple open fractures, very painful and which led the doctors to put him to sleep. He would suffer in particular from a cranial trauma and a fracture in the pelvis.
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An investigation into the causes of the injuries was opened by the Evry public prosecutor’s office and entrusted to the urban security brigade of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne). The hearing of witnesses to the accident, including the actor’s driving instructor, is underway, said the prosecution.
Eclectic career
Known to the general public for the role of Malotru, secret agent of the hit series “The office of legends“, Mathieu Kassovitz has led an eclectic career as an actor-director since the 90s. He made a sensational entry into the world of cinema in 1995 with the black and white film “Hatred» that he himself realized, on the malaise of the suburbs and the police violence, which revealed in particular the actor Vincent Cassel. This film-event will earn him a prize at Cannes.
As an actor, Mathieu Kassovitz – “Kasso» for his friends – shot dozens of films («A very discreet hero» by Jacques Audiard, «Amenby Costa-Gavras, etc.). He played for Jean-Pierre Jeunet in “Amelie Poulain» and even tried the Hollywood adventure («Gothika“) in the 2000s.
After years of ups and downs, he returned to the fore in 2015 thanks to director Eric Rochant who entrusted him with the role of Guillaume Debailly, alias Malotru, a secret agent torn between his duty and the love of a woman. A subtle role in a series that enjoyed success for five seasons, punctuated by geopolitical news. At the cinema, Mathieu Kassovitz will be showing on Wednesday in “Visionsby Yann Gozlan, alongside actress Diane Kruger.
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