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- 2024
- Pablo Larraín
- 123 mins
- 12A
Summary
Biographical drama starring Angelina Jolie. September 1977: opera star Maria Callas is unofficially retired and now largely isolated in her Paris mansion. Over the course of a week, she reflects on her glamorous glory years and attends rehearsals for a planned comeback. But as she struggles to retain her strength and continues to overmedicate with prescription sedatives, her voice threatens to remain a distant memory.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
James Mottram
An on-pitch Angelina Jolie fronts this stirring biopic about opera singer Maria Callas. Beginning with her death in 1977, when Callas had a heart attack at the age of 53, the film then plays out the final week of her life. Addicted to medications, the singer fantasises about being interviewed by a journalist (Kodi Smit-McPhee) named "Mandrax" - a neat device to see into her past. Switching between colour and black-and-white, the film smartly flashes back and forwards through time. We are shown Callas in her glory years - mixing with Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer) and President John F Kennedy (Caspar Phillipson) - and her struggle to come to terms with her fading status. Pablo Larraín, the Chilean director behind films on Jackie Kennedy (Jackie) and Princess Diana (Spencer), contrasts glimpses of glamour with tender scenes showing the older singer's isolated existence living with her maid Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and butler Ferruccio (Pierfrancesco Favino). Unlike Callas' finest recitals, this isn't a work that will move you to tears, but Jolie's nuanced turn reminds us of what an accomplished actress she can be.
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rolenameMaria CallasAngelina JolieFerruccioPierfrancesco FaviniBrunaAlba RohrwacherAristotle OnassisHaluk BilginerMandraxKodi Smit-McPheeJeffrey TateStephen AshfieldYakinthi CallasValeria Golino
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rolenameDirectorPablo Larraín
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Studiocanal
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2025-01-10
Languages
English | Greek | Italian | French
Guidance
Swearing, sexual references, drug abuse
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Colour
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