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Jodie Foster Says Her Late Mom Inspired Her First French-Speaking Lead Role in “A Private Life” (Exclusive)

Jodie Foster says her late mom inspired her to take on her first French-speaking lead role in A Private Life. While at the PEOPLE/EW and Shutterstock studio during the Toronto International Film ...
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Why Jodie Foster Hasn't Acted More In French Films Like ‘A Private Life': "I Was Too Scared" – Cannes

It’s not often that we get to watch Jodie Foster in a French-speaking lead role, which makes her latest Cannes film premiere, A Private Life, all the more intriguing. She has the chops: Foster studied ...
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Jodie Foster Takes on Her First French-Speaking Lead Role in Cannes Premiere: 'I'm a Totally Different Person'

Jodie Foster leads the French movie Vie Privée, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20 Foster, who attended a French prep school growing up, is fluent in the language At her film’s ...
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Jodie Foster was 'scared' to tackle her first French-language starring role

NEW YORK − Jodie Foster is saying bonjour to the New York Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress, 62, stopped by the festival Oct. 5 for a screening of "A Private Life," a French mystery that marks ...
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Jodie Foster Embraces ‘Vie Privée’ Director as French Murder Mystery Gets 8-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation

Jodie Foster, flashing a broad smile, embraced director Rebecca Zlotowski at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night as “Vie Privée” scored an impressive eight-minute standing ovation. The crowd ...
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Jodie Foster Says She Was Offered Lead Roles in French Films Before ‘Vie Privée' but Was ‘Too Scared': The Dialogue ‘Was a Huge Challenge for Me'

Jodie Foster revealed that she was "too scared" to take on a leading role in French before making "Vie Privée" at the mystery thriller's Cannes press conference on Wednesday. "I had secondary parts, ...
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Oscar-Winner Jodie Foster Cast in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Latest French Film

Academy Award-winning actress, Jodie Foster, has come on board the latest film from director Rebecca Zlotowski, Vie Privée. Jodie Foster, who is fluent in French, will be starring in the upcoming ...
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Jodie Foster leads French film ‘A Private Life’ – new trailer

A U.S. trailer has arrived for the French language film A Private Life which is led by none other than Jodie Foster in what I believe is her third French speaking role. The film is described as a ...
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Jodie Foster On Rebecca Zlotowski’s ”Vie Privée’ (A Private Life): “Weirdly, I’ve Been Playing A Midlife Crisis My Entire Life” – Cannes Studio

In Rebecca Zlotowski’s Paris-set A Private Life (Vie Privée), Jodie Foster stars as renowned Freudian analyst Lilian Steiner, who goes on a mission to uncover the cause of her client’s death with the ...
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Hollywood’s American French Film Festival Celebrates Cultural Inspiration Including Honors to Jodie Foster and Richard Linklater

France and the U.S. have a long and shared history in film, with a relationship that has always been very open to conversation and mutual influence and inspiration. This legacy is a major focus of ...

Jodie Foster: "What interests me is family relationships, even if I make a movie about robots or Martians"

Looking back, the American star Jodie Foster, winner of two Oscars, admits that she has always tended towards drama. Even in her daily life, she hardly ever chose to watch comedies ...
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Jodie Foster Says She Was Offered Lead Roles in French Films Before ‘Vie Privée’ but Was ‘Too Scared’: The Dialogue ‘Was a Huge Challenge for Me’

Jodie Foster revealed that she’s been offered leading roles in French films before making “Vie Privée,” but was “too scared” to take them on. The Oscar winner is fluent in the language, having ...