EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Couture, a fashion-world drama starring Angelina Jolie (Maria) and Louis Garrel (Little Women) that world premiered at TIFF 2025, for release in theaters later this year.
The latest film from Alice Winocour, a César-nominated writer and director known for projects like Paris Memories and Proxima, Couture is set during the frenzy of Paris Fashion Week, where three women’s lives intersect: Maxine (Jolie), a filmmaker who discovers she has breast cancer and is drawn into a love story with a familiar collaborator (Garrel); Ada (newcomer Anyier Anei), a fresh face in modeling, escaping a predetermined future back home in South Sudan; and Angèle (Raw‘s Ella Rumpf), a makeup artist working in the shadows of the catwalks. As their paths cross, the film reveals the resilience beneath the surface of public performance and honors the solidarity shared among these women across professions, cultures, and continents.
“Couture is a film about women’s bodies. It tells women who bear scars that we can be stronger by sharing our wounds,” said Winocour. “There is also something deeply political, for me, in telling the story of a collective rather than an individual destiny – I wanted to restore depth and complexity to women across generations and backgrounds, beyond the superficial images we’re so often given. I’m grateful to Vertical for championing the film and for helping these women’s stories resonate across cultures and borders.”
Said Vertical Partner Peter Jarowey, “Angelina’s role in Couture is delivered with quiet intensity that is both intimate and deeply personal. This is brave filmmaking at its finest; Vertical is proud to be releasing another feature from Alice, following Proxima‘s debut in 2020.”
Couture also stars Garance Marillier (Titane), Finnegan Oldfield (Alpha), and Vincent Lindon (The Measure of a Man). The film was produced by Charles Gillibert of CG Cinéma, Zhang Xin of Closer Media, William Horberg, and Jolie, and was executive produced by Bob Xu, Benjamin Hess, and Luc Bricault. The deal was negotiated by Jarowey and SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi on behalf of Vertical and by UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers.