Overview
- Jolie walked the red carpet at the Festa del Cinema di Roma to present Alice Winocour’s Couture after earlier stops in Toronto and San Sebastián.
- She portrays filmmaker Maxine Walker, who receives a breast‑cancer diagnosis during Paris Fashion Week, in a story focused on women’s health and solidarity behind haute couture.
- Jolie is credited as a co‑producer, with a cast that includes Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon, Anyier Anei, Ella Rumpf, Garance Marillier and Finnegan Oldfield.
- Referencing her mother and grandmother’s deaths from cancer and her own 2013 preventive double mastectomy, Jolie said the film seeks to convey connection, dignity and hope.
- On the red carpet she questioned why international protections are not delivering aid to crises such as Gaza, South Sudan and Afghanistan, and she is guest of honor at the festival’s Behind the Screen event at Palazzo Barberini.