Jodie Foster prefers to be outside the United States right now, the Oscar-winning actor told Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, citing better conditions in Europe's film industry as well as more freedom now that her children have grown up.

Vie Privée,” a mystery about a psychotherapist who becomes convinced that her patient’s suicide was actually a murder, scored a eight-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Tuesday night as Jodie Foster embraced director Rebecca Zlotowski after the screening.

Jodie Foster leads the French movie Vie Privée, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20 At her film’s press conference in Cannes, Foster spoke about being afraid to take on leading French-speaking roles before now Jodie Foster has never had a lead film role spoken entirely in French,