Angelina Jolie exudes glamour in a sheer bejewelled dress as she hits the red carpet for the Couture premiere in Paris

Angelina Jolie stunned in a bejewelled dress as she attended the Couture premiere at Pathe Palace in Paris on Monday.

The actress, 50, who plays Maxine Walker in the film set for release on February 18, turned heads as she hit the red carpet. 

Angelina looked elegantly chic in the sheer floor-length gown which was embellished with sequins. She paired her dress with towering black stilettos.

The screen siren completed her very glamorous look with a highlighted, bouncy blowout. 

The film follows Maxine as she arrives in Paris to make a video for a fashion event.

Despite being uninterested in the industry, Maxine needs the money as she is going through a divorce, has a teenage daughter and is preparing to make her next film.

But when she arrives in the city, Maxine receives a heart-wrenching breast cancer diagnosis and throughout the film, her relationship with her body and identity plays out.

Angelina recently revealed she was drawn to play the role because her battle to make her breast cancer diagnosis not become her entire personality, reminded her of her own mother's feelings during her illness.

Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina's mother, died in 2007 at the age of 56 after an eight-year battle with ovarian and breast cancer.

Snapshots from the official trailer for the film show Angelina in floods of tears during her portrayal of Maxine.

The trailer also hints at Maxine becoming romantically involved with her cinematographer, played by French actor Louise Garrel.

The film, directed by Alice Winocour, also tells the story of two other women Maxine meets at her job: Angèle, a longtime makeup artist writing a fiction novel about her experiences in the industry, and Ada, an 18-year-old pharmacy student from Nairobi, Kenya, who has recently discovered as a model.

The Hollywood favourite stars alongside Louis Garrel, Ella Rumpf, Anyier Anei, and Garance Marillier in Alice's drama, with Angelina behind the production as well.

Angelina said the film, which is set to be released in France in February 2026, is a 'very personal story'.

She added that she 'always admired Alice's work,' and her 'unique' approach to illness, while praising her for handling Couture's sensitive subjects 'with such delicacy'.

'Too often, films about women's struggles — especially cancer — talk about endings and sadness, rarely about life,' Angelina said.

'Hardships, illnesses, and pain are part of our existence, but what matters is how we face them,' she added.

'My mother was ill for years. One evening, when she was being asked about her chemotherapy, she became very emotional and told me she would have preferred to talk about something else; she felt as though the illness was becoming her entire identity.

'I love this film because it tells a story that goes far beyond the journey of a sick person: it shows life. It was this luminous perspective that touched me and made me want to play this role.'

In May 2013, Angelina had both breasts surgically removed and then underwent reconstructive surgery after discovering she carries a genetic mutation that dramatically increases the chance of being diagnosed with potentially fatal breast cancer.

The mutation in her BRCA1 gene left the mother-of-six with an estimated 87 per cent risk of breast cancer and 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer.