Review: A Private Life (Vie Privée)
What begins as the story of a psychiatrist grappling with the suicide of a patient gradually transforms into something far stranger. Mutale Kampuni takes a look.
Rebecca Zlotowski is a French director & screenwriter. After studying literature, she trained at La Fémis, where her graduation project became her acclaimed debut feature, Belle Épine (2010). Her films, including Grand Central, Planetarium, An Easy Girl, and Other People’s Children, explore female subjectivity, sexuality, and intimacy. Her latest feature, A Private Life (2025), starring Jodie Foster, premiered at Cannes and earned multiple festival and Lumière Award nominations.
What begins as the story of a psychiatrist grappling with the suicide of a patient gradually transforms into something far stranger. Mutale Kampuni takes a look.
Rebecca Zlotowski chats about building her career, her creative process and finally getting to work with Jodie Foster.