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Jodie Foster Lights Up the Hamptons Film Festival
Academy Award winner Jodie Foster brought her signature brilliance and charm to East Hampton on Oct. 7 for the Hamptons International Film Festival — lighting up both the red carpet and the big screen in East Hampton with her new film, Private Life, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski.
The 7:15 p.m. spotlight screening at UA 1 Cinema quickly sold out, prompting organizers to add a second showing at 9 p.m. Foster, ever gracious, stayed for both and joined Deadline Hollywood’s Mike Fleming Jr. for lively Q&A sessions afterward.
In Private Life, Foster plays Lilian, a renowned American psychiatrist living in Paris. When one of her longtime patients (Virginie Efira) dies unexpectedly, Lilian suspects foul play and teams up with her ex-husband, Gabriel (French film legend Daniel Auteuil), to uncover the truth. What unfolds is part mystery, part self-discovery, as Lilian — not exactly a model therapist at first — begins to listen, change and confront what she’s long avoided about herself.
The film, a playful psychological thriller with emotional depth, marks Foster’s first leading role entirely in French. Fluent since childhood, she revealed that her mother enrolled her in a French-speaking school when she was just 9. To prepare for the role, Foster immersed herself in Paris and didn’t speak English for three weeks before filming — not even with fellow Americans.
Another screening of Private Life will take place Saturday, Oct. 11, at 2:15 p.m. at Guild Hall in East Hampton.
The 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival runs through Oct. 13. For more information, visit hamptonsfilmfest.org.
Check back with SparkHamptons for more festival highlights throughout the week.