Angelina Jolie in this picture taken by Rozette Rago from her Instagram on Oct. 17, 2021. (Photo from Instagram/angelinajolie) —Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie faced one of her deepest fears on screen for the French film “Couture” – being diagnosed with cancer. Based on personal experiences of writer and director Alice Winocour, Jolie plays fictional American filmmaker Maxine Walker, who, while producing a film to accompany a runway show for Paris Fashion Week, discovers she has breast cancer.