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‘Private Life’ Review: Fluent in French, Jodie Foster Steers an Upscale, Paris-Set Psychological Thriller

By Peter Debruge May 20, 2025 | 1:45 PM

A sophisticated American in Paris, psychiatrist Liliane Steiner has a habit of recording her sessions. Is it because her patients speak French, and she’s afraid of missing a thought? (I doubt much eludes Jodie Foster, who plays the almost Hitchcockian character in her first significant French-language role in more than 20 years.) Or is it […]