Director: Alice Winocour
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Anyier Anei, Ella Rumpf
Couture is a 2026 French-American drama film directed by Alice Winocour, starring Angelina Jolie as Maxine, a filmmaker who arrives in Paris during Fashion Week only to find herself caught in a spiral of personal crisis and unexpected revelation. At 106 minutes, it is a quiet, visually precise portrait of a woman at a turning point.
What is Couture about?
Maxine has built her career behind the camera, but arriving in Paris for Fashion Week strips away the professional armor she relies on. Far from home and surrounded by the relentless spectacle of haute couture, she confronts questions she has long avoided — about identity, ambition, and what remains when the work stops defining you. A chance encounter pulls her toward a young woman navigating her own precarious place in this world, and the two orbit each other across the city's fashion calendar, each holding a mirror up to the other. The film unfolds in close observation, resisting easy resolution and trusting its audience to sit with uncertainty.
Cast & crew
Alice Winocour, the French writer-director behind Proxima and Augustine, brings her characteristic precision to a film built almost entirely on performance and atmosphere. Angelina Jolie takes the lead as Maxine, carrying the film's emotional weight with restraint. Anyier Anei and Ella Rumpf complete the principal cast, each anchoring the film's quieter dynamics with presence and economy.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Couture speaks directly to the experience of being an outsider in a glamorous but indifferent world — a feeling many Iranians abroad know well. The Paris Fashion Week setting provides spectacle, but Winocour uses it as pressure rather than backdrop, forcing her protagonist toward a reckoning that feels universal. The film is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible whether viewers prefer to follow in their native language or in the original French and English dialogue.
Where & how to watch
Couture is available now on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web browser, your smart TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no extra download required, and no geo-blocking. You can cancel your K-Time subscription anytime.