Cruz stuns in white feathers

The 52-year-old Spanish actress turned heads at Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday night in a flowing white feathered gown paired with a gold necklace and updo.

Promoting two major films

Cruz is juggling the premiere of La Bola Negra, a Spanish epic directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, and Bunker, directed by Florian Zeller.

La Bola Negra explores three lives

The film, set in 1932, 1937, and 2017, follows interconnected stories of three gay men and has been nominated for the Palme d'Or and Queer Palm.

Cruz praises the Spanish epic

She called La Bola Negra a story centered on humanity and empathy, describing it as a love letter to cinema, poetry, and art.

“a love letter to cinema, poetry, and art”

Ninth collaboration with Bardem

Bunker marks the ninth time Penelope and her husband Javier Bardem have worked together on screen, and the film is already receiving rave reviews.

Bunker plot centers on marriage

The psychological thriller sees the pair play married couple Sofia and Miguel, whose seventeen-year marriage strains when Miguel accepts a morally ambiguous project.

Miguel's bunker project

Architect Miguel is hired to build a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire played by Paul Dano, creating tension in his marriage.

Sofia's new connection

While Miguel works on the bunker, Sofia begins collaborating with an American novelist named Jeremy Gray, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger.

Monday's leather and lace look

At the Bunker premiere on Monday, Cruz stunned in a figure-hugging strapless leather and lace dress with a daring thigh split and black blazer.

Accessorized with diamonds

She completed her look with diamond drop earrings, a diamond bracelet by Garatti, strappy black heels, and highlighted brunette hair styled in an updo.

Javier keeps it casual

Her husband Javier, 57, opted for a low-key ensemble pairing his shirt and blazer with jeans and trainers on the red carpet.

Married sixteen years

Penelope and Javier have been married for sixteen years and are parents to son Leo, 15, and daughter Luna, 13.

Met on film set in 1992

They first met in 1992 on the set of the Spanish film Jamon Jamon when Penelope was 17 and Javier was 23, playing romantic interests.

Reunited fifteen years later

They did not start dating until 2008 when reunited on the set of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, for which Penelope won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Family comes first

In May, Javier shared that since their first child's birth, at least one of them stays home continuously when taking acting roles, with no more than two weeks away.

Javier praises his wife

He told Variety he feels blessed to have been in the same place and time as Penelope, calling her an amazing and beautiful human being.

“Penelope is an amazing, beautiful, good human being”

No hint of malice

Javier said he has not seen a hint of malice in Penelope after all their years together, praising how she relates to family, friends, and their children.

“I haven't seen a hint of malice in her”

Javier's admiration on display

He joked that when he sees Penelope photographed in magazines, he is amazed and asks himself if that is really his wife.

“Is that my wife? Jesus, is it? It must be.”