Numéro 247

Also in this issue: confessions from iconic actress Monica Bellucci, photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, on her 30-year friendship with Dolce & Gabbana; a face-to-face meeting between the great couturier Jean Paul Gaultier and the young designer Nicolas di Felice, invited last June to sign the French fashion house's latest haute couture collection; and also an interview with Olivier Rousteing on the launch of Balmain's first beauty line, with its muse Dove Cameron, on the cover of this issue, photographed by Kenny Germé. 

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.