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Alice Winocour’s ‘Coutures’ Opens in France, Spotlighting Angelina Jolie and Breakout Anyier Anei

Jolie’s personal connection to breast cancer turns the film’s launch into a catalyst for awareness efforts.

Overview

  • The feature opened in French cinemas on Feb. 18, starring Angelina Jolie alongside Louis Garrel, Ella Rumpf and first‑timer Anyier Anei.
  • Set during Paris Fashion Week, it follows an American director, a South Sudanese‑origin model and a French makeup artist whose lives intersect.
  • Jolie plays a woman affected by breast cancer, a storyline she has described as her most personal given her preventive double mastectomy.
  • Anei makes her screen debut as Ada in a role closely modeled on her own migration story and entry into high fashion.
  • Early reviews include a 2/5 from Le Parisien criticizing a fragmented narrative, while preview events connected the release to survivor‑led efforts such as a planned Oct. 3 fundraising fashion show in Toulouse.