Opening Film
Date & Time: Thursday 5th March 7.30 pm
Details: Alice Winocour / France, USA / 2025 / 106 mins
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Louis Garrel, Guillaume Marbeck, Ella Rumpf
In French and English, with English subtitles
The captivating fashion drama Couture is a quiet, observational picture about creative women finding solace in one another. Anchored by a star-turn from Angelina Jolie, speaking in French with impressive fluency, Couture is a compelling film set in the Parisian fashion industry, that weaves together multiple threads in which women of different ages and cultural backgrounds seek to wrest control of their destinies. Jolie plays Maxine Walker, a film director who’s making a short film for Paris Fashion Week when she learns that she has cancer. As she grapples with the difficult news, Couture also reveals the stories of two other women: nervous South Sudanese model Ada (Anyier Anei) and writerly makeup artist Angèle (Ella Rumpf), whose respective artistic struggles form a dreamlike mosaic that’s as intricate as lace.
“Angelina Jolie is a tour de force in Alice Winocour’s Paris fashion drama” Screen Daily.
Cork premiere