France • d: Rebecca Zlotowski • R • 107m • French w/ English subtitles
Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster), an American-born psychiatrist living and working in France, suspects foul play when her patient Paula (Virginie Efira) dies suddenly. But as Lilian begins her own investigation, with help from her adoring ex-husband (Daniel Auteuil), she finds herself also discovering her own internal mysteries. Director Rebecca Zlotowski (OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN, AN EASY GIRL) works from a script co-written by Anne Berest and Gaëlle Macé to artfully weave suspense, psychological drama and surprising flashes of romantic comedy to hugely entertaining effect. Foster’s performance, entirely in French (save for a few memorable English expletives), is a mesmerizing tour de force. The supporting performances from Efira, Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric and Luàna Bajrami (who play Paula’s husband and daughter) match Foster’s intensity and creativity. Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman steals the show with a one-scene appearance.
About the Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival has been, for the last 50 years, a celebration of the art of film: honoring the great masters of the cinema, discovering the rare and unknown, bringing new works by the world’s greatest directors and the latest in American independent film to a small mountain town in Colorado. The New York Times called Telluride “the smallest, most original, and most stimulating of the major festivals,” while Entertainment Tonight simply said it was “the world’s best festival.”
About Telluride By The Sea
The Music Hall and the Telluride Film Festival collaborate on an exclusive presentation of six new features, brought directly from their Colorado debuts. This unique and intimate Portsmouth event treats audience members from across the Northeast to an exclusive peek into the Telluride experience—packing one September weekend in Portsmouth with the latest international cinema, private parties, great music, delicious food, and inspired conversations with other cinephiles of all ages, tastes, and backgrounds.
Schedule
Fri., 9/12 • 7pm • JAY KELLY
Sat., 9/13 • 12:30pm • NOUVELLE VAGUE
Sat., 9/13 • 3pm • LA GRAZIA
Sat., 9/13 • 7pm • BUGONIA
Sun., 9/14 • 12pm • THE SECRET AGENT
Sun., 9/14 • 3:30pm • SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Sun., 9/14 • 7:15pm • A PRIVATE LIFE
