The 79th Cannes closing ceremony took place without Barbra Streisand, who was unable to attend due to a knee injury. Jury president Park Chan-wook and jury members gathered onstage, and Isabelle Huppert appeared to deliver remarks. Huppert described Streisand as a voice that crosses the century and connected her work to cinema as both gaze and listening. She praised Streisand’s silent revolution in 1983 through acting, singing, and directing. Huppert highlighted Streisand’s obstinate faith in herself, her discomfort with celebrity, and her belief that work is the true source of happiness. She also noted that Streisand says no often and that American cinema feared her for a long time.
"“There are voices that cross the century,” Huppert began, enigmatically. “Barbra Streisand is one of them. It's often said, and I think it's true, that cinema is the art of the gaze. Sometimes it becomes the art of listening. When she sings in Funny Girl, whispers in The Way We Were, directs Yentl, which at the time was almost insolent - a woman who does all of these at the same time in 1983, that's a form of silent revolution.”"
"“I love the idea that one can be, in the same body, a filmmaker, an actress, a singer, and a writer,” said Huppert. She spoke about how Streisand has “never felt totally at ease with celebrity,” how she's “a woman for whom work is the true locus of happiness.” We tend to speak about Streisand, she continued, as if “she's a mystery, a perfectionist ... these are often the words [to describe] women who dare.”"
"She added that Streisand “said no often. And that's why we love her so much.” American cinema “was afraid of her for a long time,” continued Huppert, “because she occupied a position”"
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