A Private Life
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Synopsis
The renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
Cast
- Jodie Foster
- Daniel Auteuil
- Virginie Efira
- Mathieu Amalric
- Vincent Lacoste
- Luàna Bajrami
- Noam Morgensztern
- Sophie Guillemin
- Frederick Wiseman
- Aurore Clément
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A Private Life presents Jodie Foster in a compelling French-language performance as a psychiatrist unraveling after a patient's death, but audiences find the execution frustratingly messy. While Foster's magnetic screen presence and the intriguing psychological premise draw viewers in, the film struggles with an unfocused script that abandons its thriller elements for a lighter tone that never quite lands.
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- May 22, 2025
could have been gayer
teobynMay 22, 2025so they decided to abandon the idea that she might be lesbian?…..disappointing 😒
salma!!Nov 27, 2025You know it's a fiction when Jodie Foster plays a straight woman
Adam Bensoltane - Sep 28, 2025
a wonderful premise: Jodie Foster as cold-hearted psychoanalyst who lives every therapist's nightmare: patients withdraw their love from her, patients questioning her proficiency, patients killing themselves. she has to find out of this subconscious jungle. from there on…
shookoneSep 9, 2025[steals your Amazon package to solve a murder]
Chris FeilMay 21, 2025Moi aussi dans une autre vie Jodie Foster c’est ma meuf
An_bst - May 24, 2025
Jodie Foster à Aubervilliers c’est tout ce que j’ai retenu
httpmymyMay 21, 2025A PRIVATE LIFE has a rather messy script and bland direction but is saved by a truly magnetic Jodie Foster, speaking the French language and gradually losing her mind as a psychiatrist trying to uncover the mystery behind a patient’s death. It wants to be a…
Matt NegliaNov 29, 2025“Psychiatre Killer qu’est-ce que c’est ?” 🎵
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Gregory Mitchell likedA Private LifeThe film description is more interesting than the actual film, but it’s always a treat to watch a Foster performance
Hmamyf is "meh" onA Private LifeWas very intriguing up until the climax, just felt very very flat
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- Tilda Stensland likedA Private Life
Daniel Auteuil get your hands off my lesbian
Enguerran likedA Private LifeRich scenario, good acting, just a bit messy
Advid movie watcher likedA Private LifeI love murder mysterys
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Metacritic
Jan 22, 2026
You’ll have a great time following along in French director and co-writer Rebecca Zlotowski’s latest, which had its world premiere last May at the Cannes film festival. Sit back and enjoy or, as they like to say in Cannes: “Bonne séance!”
Chris Knight
Original-Cin
Jan 15, 2026
There’s something oddly appealing about the fact that Rebecca Zlotowski’s understated thriller, A Private Life, stubbornly refuses easy definition – other than as a modest romp that allows Jodie Foster to perform in another language. And if you’ll watch Foster acting in anything, you’re gonna love watching her do it in French.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Time Out
Dec 9, 2025
The film’s brisk pace does partly compensate for the essential banality of the central investigation.
David Robb
Slant Magazine
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