The Sony Pictures Classics French-language dark comedy mystery A PRIVATE LIFE is set to make its SVOD debut next month, arriving on Netflix on July 29th, 2026. The film world premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and had a one-week Oscar-qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles on December 5th, 2025, before launching in theaters on January 16th, 2026. It hit VOD and digital platforms on March 3rd, 2026.
A Private Life is directed and co-written by Rebecca Zlotowski, and stars Jodie Foster (in her third French-language film), alongside Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste and Luana Bajrami.
In the film, the renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
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