Jodie Foster walks Cannes carpet for French murder-mystery ‘Vie privée’ • FRANCE 24 English

Jodie Foster walks Cannes carpet for French murder-mystery ‘Vie privée’ • FRANCE 24 English

She’s no stranger to the French Riviera. In fact, Jodie Foster’s first time at the Can Film Festival was at just 13 years old with Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver alongside Robert Dairo. Playing an underage prostitute, she made a big impression and the film’s success thrust her into the spotlight. Five decades later, she’s back starring in Rebecca’s Lotoski’s V and putting her French language skills to good use. In 2021, Jodie Foster was celebrated at K with an honorary palm door for a rich and eclectic body of work. That same year, she played a lawyer whose tireless defense of a Guantanamo detainee eventually secured his release in the Moritanian. I’m not just defending him. in defending the rule of law. You haven’t seen what I’ve seen. Foster’s career started in the 1960s as a child star. She then learned French at the Lis France in Los Angeles, which allowed her to work in France, too, including on Claude Chevro’s 1984 film, The Blood of Others. As her career advanced, Foster often chose to play strong and intelligent women, winning an Academy Award for The Accused in 1989 and again in 1991 for her performance as Clarice, an FBI Academy student in The Silence of the Lambs. Watch, you’ll do fine. Since then, she’s cemented her reputation as Hollywood royalty, producing and directing her own features and defending the archives of some of the earliest women filmmakers. It seems Jodie Foster’s love affair with cinema still burns brighter than

With a career spanning five decades, Jodie Foster has captivated audiences worldwide – and she’s now doing that once again, in her second language – French! The two-time Oscar-winning actress has spoken fluent French since her teenage years. She now stars in Rebecca Zlo-towski’s thriller “Vie Privée” as a psychiatrist who undertakes her own investigation following a suspicious death. Olivia Salazar-Winspear takes a look back at the career of the talented Ms. Foster.
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