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Angelina Jolie Makes Brief, Emotional San Sebastián Appearance for 'Couture'

She used the visit to link the film’s cancer theme to her own preventive surgery history.

Overview

  • Arriving from London via a private flight to Biarritz, she reached the Hotel María Cristina around 16:15 and entered through a service door as fans waited outside.
  • She took to the Kursaal red carpet at roughly 18:50 in heavy rain, greeting supporters, posing for photos, and taking selfies before the screening.
  • After the photocall she asked to return to the carpet to acknowledge the crowd again, walking back toward the Kursaal bridge and shaking hands despite the weather.
  • At the press conference she became visibly emotional recalling her mother and referenced her 2013 preventive double mastectomy and BRCA1 status.
  • Couture,’ directed by Alice Winocour, is in the festival’s Sección Oficial, with Jolie starring and producing; the festival director praised her effort to attend, and she later told local reporters it was “una noche preciosa” while remarking, “Amo a mi país, pero no lo reconozco en este momento.”