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A Private Life

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from 24 Mar 2026
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Vie privée
2025, Rebecca Zlotowski

France
103 minutes, French with Russian subtitles

Starring: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric

Jodie Foster launches a detective investigation and embarks on a journey into the recesses of the soul.

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Psychiatrist Lilian Steiner records all her conversations with the clients. Suddenly, one of her patients dies, apparently by suicide. Or not? Worried Lilian searches for answers in the recordings of the sessions with Paula, visits a hypnotist, and turns into an investigator.

Shot from A Private Life, 2025

It’s a thrill to see Foster navigating a fully bilingual role, while tossing off the kind of personal insights only an expat could feel toward the French.

—Peter Debruge, Variety

Director Rebecca Zlotowski manages to maintain the detective intrigue until the very end. But it is more of a genre game, concealing the film’s remarkably intense focus on the inner dramas of a modern mature woman.

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