Angelina Jolie's Son Pax Gives Her Standing Ovation at TIFF Premiere ofWithout Blood

Mar. 15, 2025

Angelina Jolie and Pax Jolie-Pitt at the ‘Without Blood’ premiere on Sept. 8.Photo:Monica Schipper/EveryStory2024/Getty

Monica Schipper/EveryStory2024/Getty

Angelina Jolietook a very special guest to the premiere of her new movie.

The two posed for photos at the Sunday, Sept. 8 event and Jolie opened up about how he’s recovering following hisJuly e-bike accident.

“I’m very happy he’s healthy,” she toldEntertainment Tonightahead of the premiere, noting that he had a job on the movie. Her eldest sonMaddox, 23, also worked with Pax in the assistant director department. Pax is noted in the credits as having worked on the Electronic Press Kit.

When the brief chat wrapped up, Pax joined the audience in giving Jolie and the cast a standing ovation. He was seated in the audience near Hayek’s husband, François-Henri Pinault.

Angelina Jolie and Pax Jolie-Pitt at the premiere of ‘Without Blood.'.Monica Schipper/EveryStory2024/Getty

Without Bloodis a “parable-like tale of family, war, and revenge,” perTIFF’s synopsis. “In a frontier landscape at the beginning of the 20th century, gunmen descend on a remote farmhouse, determined to exact revenge. Their target, a doctor — alone with his son and daughter — tries desperately to protect his children. Inevitably, bullets fly,”

Jolie adaptedWithout Bloodfrom Alessandro Baricco’s novel of the same name. Hayek, 58, who appeared inThe Eternalswith Jolie, has praised her as “probably the best director I’ve ever worked with.”

In 2022,Jolie told PEOPLEshe and her sons “work well together. When a film crew is at its best, it feels like a big family, so it felt natural.”

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Angelina Jolie, third from left, along with kids Maddox, Vivienne, Shiloh and Zahara in 2021.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Jolie has continued to collaborate with her children on artistic endeavors. Earlier in 2024, she signed on to be a producer for theTony Award-winning musicaladaptation ofThe Outsiders. Her daughter Vivienne was a production assistant.

“Viv is a young artist who focuses her efforts on her support of others,“Jolie told PEOPLE in Aprilahead of the musical’s premiere.

“She has been there to assist in any way she can and has learned so much from [score and co-book writer] Justin Levine and the whole creative team,” theMaleficentactress added.

Prior to the premiere ofWithout Blood,Jolie’s filmMaria,in which she starsas opera singer Maria Callas, premiered to strong reception at the Venice Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival.

source: people.com