Overview

• Jodie Foster presented 'Vie privée' at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, her first major French-language lead role.
• The psychological thriller, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, follows a psychiatrist investigating the sudden death of a patient.
• Foster, a lifelong francophile, learned French at the Lycée français de Los Angeles and previously appeared in a secondary French-language role in 2004.
• The film reflects Foster's deliberate pivot toward European auteur cinema, rejecting big-budget productions in favor of artistic freedom.
• 'Vie privée' is set for theatrical release in France on November 26, 2025.