Numéro 243

Social networking star, actress, author, model, podcast host, entrepreneur and activist, Emily Ratajkowski is the new face of Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb Tiger Lily fragrance, and tells Numéro all about herself in an interview. A rare female artist to ignite a French rap scene largely dominated by men, Shay talks about the making of her third album in a heart-to-heart exchange.

A key player in the Split series, Alma Jodorowski has been playing demanding roles on a regular basis since the early 2010s. Numéro profiles this committed star, who is currently starring in French director Yvan Attal's new film, Un coup de dés.

In a world where everything must be controlled, measured and rationalised, passion unsettles: it escapes control and refuses compromise. Also in this issue: Victoria Luengo, who brought two films to this year's Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar's Autofiction and Rodrigo Sorogoyen's L'Être aimé; Leïla Bekhti, whose work relentlessly explores identity and female emancipation, and who has turned her red-carpet appearances into a powerful statement; Eartheater, unveiling a seventh album of experimental electroacoustic pop; La Vie d'une femme, starring Léa Drucker and Mélanie Thierry; Arthur Harari's L'Inconnue, in competition at Cannes with Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider.

By a swimming pool in Los Angeles, Taylor Russell opens up with fire and daring in this issue. Also in this issue: Pedro Almodóvar, who has just presented Autofiction in Cannes, a dive into the workings of his mind and a creative process he describes as an inner ocean of emotions; Alewya, the London-based singer, songwriter and producer releasing her debut album this summer; Iliona, at 25 one of the brightest stars of the French-speaking scene; Charlotte Cardin, named female artist of the year.