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Jodie Foster Leads French-LanguageVida Privada’ as the Film Opens Today

Early reviews praise her performance in Rebecca Zlotowski’s psychoanalytic mystery.

Overview

  • Foster plays a Paris psychiatrist who questions a former patient’s supposed suicide, setting off a criminal-intrigue framework.
  • Vida privada marks Foster’s first lead role performed in French, and she says the language shifts her persona after a month of preparation in France.
  • Rebecca Zlotowski built the project around Foster and describes the actor’s work habits as elite-level disciplined.
  • The film, shown in San Sebastián’s Perlak section, begins its theatrical rollout on December 19, 2025.
  • Critics commend Foster’s charisma and chemistry with Daniel Auteuil, noting the plot is light as the film explores psychoanalysis, hypnosis and stylized dream imagery partly created with AI.