Overview

• Couture debuted on Sept. 7 at the Toronto International Film Festival, with Jolie starring as an American director in Paris who receives a serious medical diagnosis.
• During a post‑screening Q&A, Jolie grew emotional while recalling advice from her late mother and urged supporters to see patients as whole people who are still living.
• Jolie, 50, reflected on hope and resolve given her family's cancer history, having undergone a preventive double mastectomy in 2013 after testing positive for a BRCA1 mutation.
• Director Alice Winocour wrote the film with Jolie in mind, emphasizing vulnerability, and said Jolie learned French for the role; the production also secured unprecedented access to Chanel’s Paris showroom and atelier.
• On the red carpet, Jolie wore a chocolate‑brown coat dress in a leg‑baring pose that echoed her viral 2012 Oscars moment, and no wider release date has been announced.