French actress Karin Viard’s stay as guest of honor at the Les Arcs Film Festival in the French Alps got off to a dramatic start over the weekend after she fell while skiing and banged her head.
The star, who is a best known internationally for her roles in films La Famille Bélier (which was remade as the Oscar-winning CODA) and Perfect Nanny, fell just minutes after taking to the slopes on Sunday.
She later posted footage on her Instagram account showing her being treated by medics as she lay on a toboggan stretcher ahead of being evacuated off the slopes. “There you go, a head trauma after a minute of ski.
That’s what you call talent,” wrote the actress. A post shared by Karin Viard (@karinviard) Earlier in the day, she had been snapped at the unveiling of her star on the Slope of Fame, the Les Arcs Film Festival’s equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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