Mathieu Kasowitz: Serious car accident for the actor and director

French director and actor Mathieu Kasowitz is hospitalized in serious condition after a motorcycle accident in the Paris area, local authorities said.

Kasovitz was taken to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital near Paris, according to the authorities in the Essonne region, where the accident occurred. His condition “gives cause for concern”.

A police source told AFP the 56-year-old artist was taking a motorcycling lesson at the Linas-Montlery circuit.

Kasovits, creator of the multi-award-winning Hate (1995), has acted in dozens of films (Amelie, Cafe au lait, Fifth Element, Amen by Kostas Gavras and others).

The latest film he has worked on, ‘Visions’, a psychological thriller directed by Yann Gozlan and starring Diane Kruger, is currently showing in France.

Source: APE-MPE, AFP