Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
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Contemplative, grave, prestige and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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“Is Angelina Jolie miscast as Maria Callas?”
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- r96skon TMDB · Jan 20259/10
<em>'Maria'</em> makes for fascinating viewing. I knew nothing, to be honest, directly of Maria Callas before watching, though obviously had heard of the grand pieces of music. Very sad, if naturally very interesting, to learn more about her and her final days. Beautifully told. Really intriguing to see that Steven Knight wrote this, not something I'd expect to see him write based on the other work of his that I've seen - more fool me, evidently a man of many talents. Knight and those offscreen are reasons why this is terrific as it is, though the cast are too. I feel like I've not seen enough of Angelina Jolie. I have seen a fair few films featuring her and have known her name for as long as I can remember, but do sense I've not watched as much as I ought to have done; a bit like George Clooney. Jolie is outstanding here, no doubt about it. Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher are also sizeable parts of this, they ensure that the movie holds much heart - I genuinely cared for Ferruccio & Bruna as much as Maria by the end, so credit to them both. Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee are most noteworthy from the rest. My only criticism (and it's barely that, if at all) would be t
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jan 20257/10
It's no wonder that event cinema thrives when you consider just how impressive it is to hear a full orchestra, some Pucchini or Verdi and the magnificently powerful voice of this eponymous soprano through big screen sound. Of course I could have been doing with a great deal more of her singing, but Pablo Larraín wasn't offering us a "Now That's What I Call Maria" compendium. Instead he has teamed up with Angelina Jolie to share this temperamental woman's last week of life in Paris in 1977. She lives in a lavish apartment staffed by her two faithful and loving retainers Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and Ferruccio (Pierfrancesco Favino). These two have been with her for many years and are now well used to managing her mood swings, her addiction to medication and to her obsession with moving the piano around with spine-straining regularity. Each day she leaves her apartment bedecked in furs and jewels, strolls the city and ends up in a theatre where she vacillates about singing again - after over four years. I did quite like the technique used to thread the story together, using Kodi Smith-McPhee as her handsome new friend "Mandrax" who is conducting a television interview which serves as a
Read the whole review on TMDB - Brent Marchanton TMDB · Dec 20248/10
When one achieves greatness at his or her craft, it’s difficult to walk away when the skills behind it begin to fade. Moreover, facing the hard truth that one’s peak may indeed be irretrievably in the past can be even tougher to accept, no matter how passionate one’s desire might be for it. Such was the anguish that befell Maria Callas (1923-1977) (Angelina Jolie), one of the greatest operatic talents of all time, as she approached the end of her successful but stormy life. Having not performed in nearly four years, with her mental and physical health and singing ability failing, she contemplated a comeback but was torn between taking on the rigors of such an arduous task and living the life of personal contentment she always wanted for herself. It was also a time when she reflected upon her professional accomplishments and personal pursuits, aspects of her past filled with triumphant highs and agony-ridden lows, told through poignant flashbacks shot in stunning black and white. And, as portrayed here, in between these opposing aspects of her life, she veers off into imagined scenarios in which she struggles to distinguish reality from suspected hallucination. In telling this story
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Cast
- Angelina JolieMaria Callas
- Pierfrancesco FavinoFerruccio
- Alba RohrwacherBruna
- Haluk BilginerAristotle Onassis
- Kodi Smit-McPheeMandrax
- Stephen AshfieldJeffrey Tate
- Valeria GolinoYakinthi Callas
- Caspar PhillipsonJohn. F Kennedy
- Lydia KoniordouLista Callas
- Vincent MacaigneDoctor Fointainebleau
Crew
- Pablo LarraínDirector
- Steven KnightWriter
- Edward LachmanDirector of Photography
- Sofía SubercaseauxEditor
- Lorenzo MieliProducer
- Juan de Dios LarraínProducer
- Jonas DornbachProducer
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