A PRIVATE LIFE

(Vie Privée )

CINEMA COMPETITION
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29
RERUN OPENING FILM
RENOIR THEATER – 5:00pm

Co-Presented with:
SONY PICTURES CLASSIC
In Association with:
Louis Roederer Champagne

Los Angeles Premiere | France | 2025 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 105 min | In French with English subtitles & in English

Directed by: Rebecca Zlotowski
Written by: Rebecca Zlotowski, Anne Berest, in collaboration with Gaëlle Macé
Produced by: Frédéric Jouve (Les Films Velvet)
Cinematography: Georges Lechaptois
Original Score: Rob
Film Editing: Géraldine Mangenot
Cast: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste, Luàna Bajrami, Noam Morgensztern, Sophie Guillemin
International Sales: Goodfellas
US Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
US Release Date: TBA

Synopsis

When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients she is deeply troubled. Convinced that it was murder, she decides to investigate…

Director’s bio

Writer/director, Rebecca Zlotowski‘s first co-screenwriting credit was the short film Dans le Rang, which won the SACD prize at the 2006 Directors Fortnight in Cannes. Her first feature, Belle Epine (2010), premiered in the Cannes’ Critics Week, was awarded the Prix Louis-Delluc for Best First Film and earned Léa Seydoux a César nomination for Most Promising Actress. That was followed by Grand Central (2013), which premiered in the Cannes Un Certain Regard section; Planetarium (2016), which opened at Toronto and Venice Film Festivals; An Easy Girl (2019), which premiered in the Cannes’ Directors Fortnight; and Other People’s Children (2022), which was screened in competition in Venice. On the small screen, she has written and directed several episodes of the political thriller miniseries Savages, which she co-created for Canal+. In January of this year, Zlotowski was honored with the Unifrance French Cinema Award, honoring filmmakers who have contributed to making French cinema shine abroad. A Private Life premiered out of competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It will be presented at TAFFF as the Opening Film, before its release in France and is one of the top French contenders for the Academy Awards seasons.