women, fashion, illness, self-discovery | Nudity, Intimacy
Maxine is an American filmmaker who has just gotten a cancer diagnosis. Ada was able to leave Sudan by becoming a model. French makeup artist Angèle is questioning her career, and is imagining a way. The lives of these three women intersect within the glamour and the chaos of Paris Fashion Week, each of them finding answers as they wrestle with the grand spectacle of this world of haute couture.
Alice Winocour is a French filmmaker and screenwriter, trained in screenwriting at La Fémis. She made her feature directorial debut with Augustine (2012), followed by Disorder (2015), Proxima (2019), and Paris Memories (2022). She also co-wrote the César-winning screenplay for Mustang (2015). Her latest film, Couture (2025), starring Angelina Jolie, Louis Garrel, and Ella Rumpf, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
