Special Presentations
A Private Life
A Private Life is a frisky and feminine film noir about psychoanalysis and many other things. Renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster in a kinetic performance) is deeply troubled by the sudden death of one of her patients. Convinced that it was murder, she decides to investigate, with her sleuthing leading to a series of twists that toe the line between psychological intrigue and zaniness. A Sony Pictures Classics release.
Southeast premiere
Presented in French and English with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR
Rebeca Zlotowski
PRODUCER
Frédéric Jouve
WRITERS
Anne Berest
Rebeca Zlotowski
CAST
Jodie Foster
Daniel Auteuil
Virginie Efira
Mathieu Amalric
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Rebecca Zlotowski is a French director and screenwriter. Her films as director include Dear Prudence, Grand Central, Planetarium, An Easy Girl, and Other People’s Children. Her miniseries for Canal Plus, Savages, adapted from a novel by Sabri Louatah, won the award for Best Series at the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. A former academic in French literature, she lives and works in Paris.