Angelina Jolie burst into tears at the Toronto International Film Festival talking about her deceased mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
The legendary actress was at the premiere of her new film Couture, which revolves around a filmmaker working in the Paris fashion world while dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
Angelina’s mother, Marcheline died in 2007 at the age of 56 after battling ovarian and breast cancer. Jolie was very close to her mother, especially after her parents’ divorce.
During the event, a fan shared that they recently lost a close friend to cancer and asked Angelina what advice she would give to anyone grieving.
The question moved her deeply, as she held her hand over her mouth and she tried to stifle her tears, while her director Alice Winecour along with co-star Anyier Anei comforted her.
"I'm very sorry for your loss," she said gently while remembering her mother’s words.
The actress said, "One thing I remember my mother saying when she had cancer… we’d had a dinner and people were asking her how she was doing. She said, 'All people ever ask me about is cancer.'"
The Couture actress shared her advice, saying, "If you know someone who’s going through something, ask them about everything else in their life as well. They’re a whole person. And they’re still living."
Angelina explained that and this was what she loved about Couture too, as it showed that even in illness life is much more than a diagnosis.