Angelina Jolie is stepping back into filmmaking with support from her most important critics—her kids. According to Variety, Jolie credits her children with encouraging her to 'get out and do things,' describing her return as a moment when her 'fighting spirit is finally back.' She's starring in 'Couture,' a bilingual drama directed by Alice Winocour, playing Maxine: a scrappy filmmaker balancing a cancer diagnosis, divorce, and single motherhood alongside a commission from a luxury fashion house. It's a role that mirrors her own themes of perseverance.

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