FOtografi in delirium (“GIODED, GIODED!” Invocate it) for what to define “star Hollywood” is definitely reductive: Jodie Foster It is very much more. At 62, after 52 career, he still manages to surprise: he has never been as fun as in Privée streets Of Rebecca Zlotowskipresented out of competition at the Festival. A little intimate film, a little comedy, a little thriller, was welcomed in the room by an endless applause that she too moved to the definitely accustomed applause. And accustomed to Cannes’s honors: His first appearance on the Croisette dates back to 1976when he was in competition with Bugsy Malone and, above all, with Taxi driverwho won the golden palm.
French -speaking and French -speaking
Jodie Foster in Cannes (Getty Images).
Allegra, bright, at the press conference hells as well … A decidedly unpublished Jodie Foster: he seems to have made the same path as his character in the film, the psychoanalyst Lilian Steiner, who doubts the suicide of one of his patients (Virginie Efira) and, with the complicity of the former husband (Daniel Auteuil) Suddenly detective. «The script immediately passionate me and I loved the ground: she is a woman of my age who arrived at a point in life in which she feels blocked. Investigating the alleged murder, it actually performs an investigation into itself. All its certainties enter into crisis (very rational, ends up with the trust of hypnosis and also believe in reincarnation, editor’s note), discovers truths that did not suspect – small things, nothing traumatic – and it comes out transformed, lightened ».
In addition to the role, another reason of interest was the possibility of working with Zlotowski (“I had seen at various festivals and admired his previous works”) and to act in French. “It is not the first time, but they were small parts, less complex,” says the actress, whose relationship with the language dates back to childhood. Thanks to the fixation of the French -speaking mother, he completed all his studies at Al Lycée Français in Los Angeles, while then graduating from Yale in English literature.
“I feel more vulnerable”
“The beautiful thing is that when I recite in French, I am a completely different person “ He added. «I have a much more acute voice, I am much less confident than and I frustrate easily because I can’t express myself as well as I would like. And this, in reality, creates a completely new type of character for me ». And with Variety had gone further: «I don’t like to make comedies in English. Perhaps it is because in America, when we do comedies, they often lack subtlety or intelligence. For me, this is fundamental. So I don’t find many that I really like. What I really liked, among those I did, is Maverick. Even if it was a light film, it was written by William Goldman, so he had a certain irony and a “British” intelligence. But for me it is difficult to be fascinated by a comedy for more than a week. After a week I think: “Can we finish it, please?”. And then, they are much more difficult to make than the dramas ».
Jodie Foster Psychoanalyst
Jodie Foster with Virginie Efira in “Vie Privée”.
On the set of Privée streets Definitely not bored, on the contrary. “Just known Daniel I had the impression that it was one of the family, a kind of brother” He told at the press conference. Compliment reciprocated by Auteuil: «It was like meeting an alter ego. I follow her since the time of Taxi driverI have the feeling of knowing her always »the actor and director intervened. And the Zlotowski has come back the dose: «I dreamed of having it since my first film (Belle Épine, in 2010, ed).
Then she resumed her word: “The more I get older, the more I want to be light. I would like to act in films that speak of others. When I was younger, I just wanted to participate in films that talked about me. But this time it is really different. It is so fun to listen to new voices and support the interpretations of colleagues. It is wonderful to be the elderly lady who says: ‘Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious! ” He smiled for the umpteenth time.
Difficult years
The cast of “Vie Privée”. From left, Luàna Bajrami, Daniel Auteuil, Jodie Foster, Rebecca Zlotowski, Virginie Efira (Getty Images).
“My fifty years have been a difficult period for me” he had already revealed. «It is difficult to accept change. You seem to be a worse version of what you were. But then, a few years ago, something happened. One day I woke up and thought: “I don’t care more than the things I cared about before. I will travel another way”. The children grow up, the parents leave, maybe divorce. These changes in life are shocking. But they also bring a form of freedom. However painful it is to lose that identity of mother, daughter or devoted wife, you can also say: “Now there is only me” ».
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