Cannes 2025: Rebecca Zlotowski, the light and the ghosts

She burst onto the scene in 2010 with Belle Epine (‘Dear Prudence’), a film that explored the death of a mother, a tragedy that marked her childhood and continues to haunt her films. At 45, she is one of the most prominent directors in French cinema. For her sixth feature, Vie privée (‘Private Life’), which will be presented at the Cannes Festival, she succeeded in persuading American actress Jodie Foster to take on the lead role.