From d3f78558fffdb4fdbac14311f9a4f0b658c5182b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RayVik <agesergey@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:49:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug with unicode filenames

---
 deepface/commons/functions.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deepface/commons/functions.py b/deepface/commons/functions.py
index 81a2753..515ab17 100644
--- a/deepface/commons/functions.py
+++ b/deepface/commons/functions.py
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@ def load_image(img):
     if os.path.isfile(img) is not True:
         raise ValueError(f"Confirm that {img} exists")
 
-    return cv2.imread(img)
+    img = open(img, "rb")
+    chunk = img.read()
+    chunk_arr = np.frombuffer(chunk, dtype=np.uint8)
+    img = cv2.imdecode(chunk_arr, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
+    
+    return img
 
 
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