Numéro Special Issue

Also in this issue: brilliant French actor Pierre Niney, who plays the Count of Monte Cristo in a film presented at the Cannes Film Festival, here under the lens of P. A Hüe de Fontenay; talented fencer Rossella Fiamingo, who will be taking part in the Paris Olympics this summer; Ramla Ali, a committed boxing champion whose career will soon be the subject of a Hollywood biopic; and as always, fashion series by Fabien Montique, Txema Yeste, Jacob Sutton, Umit Savaci, Boris Camaca and Julien Vallon.

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.