Angelina Jolie is set to play the lead role in French filmmaker Alice Winocour's feature film, titled Stitches, also known as Coutures in French. The film, which Winocour will shoot in both French and English, follows a filmmaker (Jolie) whose life collides with two other women in Paris Fashion Week. Charles Gillibert is producing the film through his Paris-based label CG Cinema, in association with Closer Media's William Horberg and Zhang Xin.
The film reunites Winocour with French distributor Pathe Films after her directorial Paris Memories, which had its world premiere in the program Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022. Pathe Films is set to distribute it in France. Hanway Films handles international sales.
The film marks Jolie's return to Paris after her recent film Maria, where she plays iconic opera singer Maria Callas. The film set in Paris earned an eight-minute-long standing ovation during its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year. Jolie's performance in the titular role has been tipped to win her second Best Actress Oscar nomination 15 years; her only nomination in the category is for her work on the Clint Eastwood directorial The Changeling.