Overview

• ‘Vie Privée,’ directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, premiered out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival to an extended eight-to-ten-minute standing ovation.
• Jodie Foster stars as Liliane Steiner, a psychiatrist who investigates a patient’s suspicious death, marking her first major French-language lead since 2004.
• The film combines psychological mystery, hypnosis-induced World War II flashbacks, and personal drama, with a screenplay co-written by Zlotowski and Anne Berest.
• Sony Pictures Classics has secured North and Latin American distribution rights, with a theatrical release planned for later in 2025.
• Foster, fluent in French, revealed this role was a long-awaited challenge, overcoming fears of leading in a non-native language.