Overview
- This week Jolie led the U.S. premiere of Alice Winocour’s Couture in New York as the film begins its final push toward a June 26 theatrical release.
- The film follows three women in the Paris fashion world and includes a storyline in which an American director is diagnosed with breast cancer.
- Jolie told People that Couture is about empathy and mutual support among women and that playing the role felt especially personal and vulnerable for her.
- She hosted an intimate dinner at her Atelier Jolie to honor cancer survivors, with about 20 guests reported to include director Alice Winocour, actress Ella Rumpf and Dr. Rita Charon.
- Coverage tied Jolie’s involvement to her history—her mother’s death from ovarian and breast cancer and Jolie’s 2013 preventive surgeries—underscoring why the film’s theme resonates with her and may shape audience conversations.