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Yahoo
05-08-2025
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Angelina Jolie-Starring ‘Couture' and Franz Kafka Biopic Join San Sebastian Film Festival Lineup
New feature films from Alice Winocour, Arnaud Desplechin, Kentaro Hirase and Yutaro Seki, Agnieszka Holland and Milagros Mumenthaler will compete in the San Sebastian Film Festival official selection. Winocour, who won the special jury prize at San Sebastián with Proxima in 2019, will return to the competition with her fifth film, Couture, a French American co-production starring Angelina Jolie and Louis Garrel set in the fashion world. More from The Hollywood Reporter Spotify Hits 276 Million Paying Subs, Exceeding Forecasts, But Swings to Quarterly Loss Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth Feature in New Images From Guillermo Del Toro's 'Frankenstein' Locarno Adds Vicky Krieps-Starring 'Yakushima's Illusion' From Naomi Kawase to Competition Frenchman Desplechin will participate for the first time in competition with Two Pianos, in which a virtuoso pianist returns to his hometown of Lyon to experience a story of impossible love. Among the cast members are François Civil, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling and Hippolyte Girardot. The duo made up of Hirase and Seki, who co-directed 2022's Roleless with Masahiko Sato, will premiere their second feature film, the Japanese production Sai. Actor Teruyuki Kagawa comes back to star in the dark tale in which a mysterious man tragically enters the lives of a number of people, appearing under different identities. Elsewhere, Holland's new film, a Franz Kafka biopic titled Franz, will premiere as the director returns to San Sebastian. Argentine filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler will debut in competition with her third film, The Currents, a Swiss-Argentine co-production starring Isabel Aimé González Sola in the role of a woman confronting a past she thought she had left behind. These titles join the four previously announced Spanish productions that will also compete at the Spanish festival: Maspalomas, by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi; Good Valley Stories, by José Luis Guerin; Los Tigres, by Alberto Rodríguez, and Sundays, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. The rest of the feature films included in the competition will be announced in the coming weeks. The 73rd edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival runs Sept. 19-27. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
UPI
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
San Sebastian Film Fest lineup includes Angelina Jolie fashion drama
1 of 4 | Angelina Jolie stars in director Alice Winocour's "Couture," a drama about the fashion world. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo July 29 (UPI) -- The 73rd annual San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain announced its competition lineup, including Couture, a fashion drama starring Angelina Jolie and Louis Garrel. The film festival, scheduled for Sept. 19 to 27, announced the Official Selection competition lineup will include director Arnaud Desplechin's Deux Pianos, Kentaro Hirase and Yutaro Seki's SAI, Agnieszka Holland's Franz, Milagros Mumenthaler's Las Corrientes and Alice Winocour's Couture. The films will join the previously-announced competitors from Spain: Maspalomas, by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi; Historias del buen valle, by José Luis Guerin; Los Tigres, by Alberto Rodríguez and Los domingos, by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. More films in the competition lineup are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Deux Pianos, or Two Pianos, tells the story of a virtuoso pianist who returns to his hometown of Lyon, France, after a long absence. SAI stars Teruyuki Kagawa as a mysterious man who assumes different identities as he weaves through the lives of multiple people. Franz is based on the real-life story of writer Franz Kafka. Las Corrientes, or The Currents, stars Isabel Aimé González Sola as a woman whose past unexpectedly comes back to haunt her. Couture is a drama set in the fashion world, starring Jolie and Garrel. Angelina Jolie turns 50: a look back Cast member Angelina Jolie arrives at the premiere of the box office hit "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," in Los Angeles on June 7, 2005. Jolie met future partner Brad Pitt on the set of the film. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
