After the premiere of the actress’s latest film, “Couture,” Angelina Jolie shared a moving story about her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died at the age of 56 in 2007 after years of battling ovarian cancer.
The cast of “Couture” took part in a Q&A session moderated by Anita Lee, programming director of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
An audience member, who had recently lost a friend to cancer, asked Angelina Jolie what her message of “hope” would be for those fighting the disease.
The Oscar winner became emotional and, after regaining her composure, said she was sorry to hear of the person’s loss.
She then recalled something her mother used to say when she was battling cancer: “‘All anyone ever asks me about is cancer,’” Jolie remembered.
“So I would say: if you know someone going through something like this, also ask them about all the other things in their life, you know? That person is whole, and they are still living,” Angelina Jolie added.
In “Couture,” Jolie plays Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video of a fashion event in Paris. She accepts the challenge while dealing with her own breast cancer diagnosis.
Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy in 2013 after genetic testing revealed she had a high risk of developing breast cancer.
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