597: Alice Winocour Talks Couture

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Arts, Tv & Film

4.6 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It's bonus time, folks, as writer / director Alice Winocour joins us to discuss her film, Couture, which is available to watch right now on home entertainment platforms. Starring Angelina Jolie, it tells the story of an American filmmaker in Paris during the chaos of fashion week, whose troubled path crosses those of a veteran makeup artist and newly discovered young model, and explores themes relating to cancer that are very close to Edith's heart.

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0:00.0	How am I going to figure this out of this month?
0:02.0	So many bills.
0:03.0	Kids, lunch is at school.
0:04.0	They need any new clothes,
0:06.0	gas and electric,
0:08.0	25 pounds,
0:09.0	20 pounds,
0:10.0	25 pounds,
0:11.0	50 pounds,
0:12.0	755 pounds.
0:14.0	New government policies are making every day easier,
0:17.0	like offering 30 hours funded childcare
0:19.0	to help working families save on average £8,000 per year.
0:23.4	This is just one of the ways the UK government is tackling the cost of living.
0:27.3	See more at gov.uk.uk slash cost of living help.
0:30.0	Hi folks. How you doing? Welcome along to bonus episode of soundtracking with me, Edith Bowman.
0:35.6	Yes, it's bonus time with Bowman. Sorry, I'll stop
0:39.6	singing. I'm really excited to share this episode with you. There's a whole load of personal stuff for me
0:46.1	that is connected to this story. It's about a woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer.
0:52.0	And my mum was diagnosed when she was 50 luckily we still have her
0:56.8	with us and as I speak my dad has just had his last radiotherapy treatment as he goes through
1:04.5	prostate cancer with a very optimistic outlook so we have everything crossed and we're being
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