<img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/03/0/0/5390/3593/664/0/75/0/3b4fbf4_5177823-01-06.jpg" srcset=" https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/03/0/0/5390/3593/556/0/75/0/3b4fbf4_5177823-01-06.jpg 556w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/03/0/0/5390/3593/600/0/75/0/3b4fbf4_5177823-01-06.jpg 600w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/03/0/0/5390/3593/664/0/75/0/3b4fbf4_5177823-01-06.jpg 664w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/03/0/0/5390/3593/700/0/75/0/3b4fbf4_5177823-01-06.jpg 700w, https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/03/0/0/5390/3593/800/0/75/0/3b4fbf4_5177823-01-06.jpg 800w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw" alt="French filmmaker and actor Mathieu Kassovitz at the Paris premiere of " ambulance",="" april="" 20,="" 2022."="" width="100%" height="auto">
French actor Mathieu Kassovitz is in a "worrying" condition after a motorcycle accident at the Linas-Monthléry racing circuit in a suburb south of Paris on Sunday, September 3, the French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has learned from local authorities. He was taken to hospital in Kremlin-Bicêtre. According to people close to him, contacted by Le Monde, he sustained serious injuries, but his life is not in danger. AFP reported that he has "serious injuries to an ankle and pelvis."
An investigation has been opened by local authorities to determine the cause of the injuries. According to initial information, the 56-year-old actor was the only person involved and did not collide with any other vehicle.
The filmmaker was at the race track to take advanced driving lessons on his motorcycle. He fell violently from the two-wheeler he was driving alone. Witnesses to the accident, including the actor's driving instructor, are currently being interviewed, according to the public prosecutor's office.
Known for playing the role of Malotru, the secret agent in the hit series The Bureau, Mathieu Kassovitz has led an eclectic career as an actor, director and producer since the 1990s. In 1995, he directed La Haine, a black-and-white film about police violence and the banlieue, which made a name for the actor Vincent Cassel. The film bagged him an award at Cannes. Kassovitz has also starred in dozens of films, including Jacques Audiard's A Self-Made Hero, Costa-Gavras' Amen., and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He is currently starring in Yann Gozlan's thriller Visions, alongside Diane Kruger, which opens in cinemas on Wednesday.
Translation of an original article published in French on lemonde.fr; the publisher may only be liable for the French version.