The announcement of his heavy fall on a motorcycle had caused great emotion. Three days after his accident, actor Mathieu Kassovitz gave news of his health for the first time on Wednesday. In a story published on his Instagram account where we see him bedridden and shirtless on his hospital bed, the 50-year-old thanked all those who sent him messages of support.
“Thank you very much, I didn’t know I had so many friends, it’s nice,” he said, explaining that he had “fallen off his motorcycle, stupid”. “I broke my femur and my ankle. I am in rehabilitation, ”he adds.
A fall during a driving improvement course
Kassovitz was injured on Sunday, September 3 during a motorcycle driving refresher course at the Linas-Monthléry autodrome (Essonne). An investigation to find the causes of the injuries was opened by the Evry prosecutor’s office.
He made a sensational entry into the world of cinema in 1995 with the film in black and white Hatred which he himself directed, on the malaise of the suburbs and police violence, which revealed in particular the actor Vincent Cassel. This film-event will earn him a prize at Cannes. This Wednesday, Mathieu Kassovitz is on the bill of Visions by Yann Gozlan, alongside actress Diane Kruger.