Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste & Luana Bajrami Join Jodie Foster in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Murder Mystery ‘Vie Privée’ As Plotline Revealed
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste and Luana Bajrami have been unveiled as supporting cast members in Rebecca Zlotowski’s murder mystery movie Vie Privée starring Jodie Foster.
The production has also unveiled the plotline for the film which follows renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner, played by previously-announced Foster, who mounts her own private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
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The supporting cast news and plot reveal comes as filming – running from September 30 to November 22 between Paris and Normandy – enters its third week.
The feature is Zlotowski’s sixth film after 2023 Venice Golden Lion contender Other People’s Children, An Easy Girl, Planetarium, Grand Central and Dear Prudence.
Zlotowski co-wrote the screenplay with Anne Berest, whose credits include Audrey Diwan’s Venice Golden Lion winner Happening and Other People’s Children, as well as long-time collaborator Ga?lle Macé.
The film is produced by Frédéric Jouve at Les Films Velvet and co-produced by France 3 Cinéma. Goodfellas is handling international sales and Ad Vitam has pre-acquired French rights.
Efira starred in Other People’s Children with other recent credits including Valérie Donzelli’s Just The Two Of Us and Paul Verhoven’s Benedetta.
Amalric was recently seen in Amos Gitai’s Why War and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path. Auteuil, who won a Bafta for Jean de Florette and the Cannes best actor prize for The Eighth Day, is just coming off courtroom drama An Ordinary Case, in which he starred and also directed.
Lacoste’s credits include Lost Illusions, Winter Boy and Beating Hearts, while rising young actress Bajrami broke out in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and has since appeared in Happening and A Difficult Year.
Foster – who went to the French Lycée in Los Angeles – speaks fluent French and has strong links with France going back to adolescence.
She appeared alongside Jean Yanne and Bernard Giraudeau in éric Le Hung’s 1977 film Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, Fleur Bleue) when she was 15-years-old.
She also co-starred in Claude Chabrol’s 1983 English and French language WWII drama The Blood of Others opposite Sam Neill, and had a supporting role in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s wartime romance A Very Long Engagement in 2005.
The Oscar-winning actor is also a Cannes regular and was feted by the festival with an Honorary Golden Palm In 2021. Her role in Vie Privée was first reported by Variety along with Auteuil’s involvement with in the film.
The French role comes hot on the heels of Foster’s Emmy triumph for her performance in HBO’s True Detective: Night Country.
The actress who won two Oscars for Best Actress for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs, triumphed at the primetime TV awards in September winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie category.
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