US EditionAngelina Jolie Breaks Down in Tears at Toronto Film Festival
Angelina Jolie, 50, shared memories of her mother’s decade-long cancer battle and urged empathy beyond illness during a heartfelt Q&A at the film festival.
- On Sunday, September 7, 2025, Angelina Jolie, Oscar-winning actress, became emotional during a Toronto International Film Festival Q&A for her film Couture after a fan asked for advice on coping with recent cancer loss.
- Jolie recalled her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of breast and ovarian cancer in January 2007 at age 56, and later underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a BRCA1 mutation raising her breast cancer risk around 87%.
- After pausing to collect herself, Jolie told the fan, `I'm very sorry for your loss,` as she dabbed at her eyes and advised asking `about everything else in their life as well.`
- Couture is currently seeking U.S. distribution, and Jolie urged followers to take cancer screenings seriously amid the film's American release uncertainty.
- Jolie found the role personally healing, playing Maxine Walker, an American filmmaker facing a serious diagnosis, which she and director Alice Winocour described as deeply resonant.
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During the premiere of her most recent Couture film at the Toronto Film Festival, Angelina Jolie starred in a moment full of excitement as she recalled the battle that her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, experienced against cancer.
Angelina Jolie opened her heart this Sunday, in a press appearance that took place at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF): The famous actress was moved to tears by talking about her mother's cancer, recalled a talk she held with her and shared with everyone present a deep reflection.The Hollywood star is at the prestigious event in the framework of Couture's world premiere, her latest film. In Alicia Winocour's film, Jolie plays Maxin…
American actress Angelina Jolie got excited and burst into tears this Sunday as she remembered her mother during the presentation of her last film, Couture, at the Toronto International Film Festival, reported by the U.S. media. Her mother died after a long fight against cancer and there is the circumstance that Jolie plays in the film a film director diagnosed with breast cancer.During the event, one of the attendees told the actress that one o…
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