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.
Acting
Jolie's lip-sync dedication is unhinged; she BECOMES the collapse.
Direction
Larraín's surrealist touches turn a biopic into psychological horror.
Cinematography
Paris as rotting jewel, all gold leaf and nicotine stains.
Director
Pablo Larraín
Angelina Jolie
Maria Callas
Pierfrancesco Favino
Ferruccio
Alba Rohrwacher
Bruna
Haluk Bilginer
Aristotle Onassis
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Mandrax
Stephen Ashfield
Jeffrey Tate
Valeria Golino
Yakinthi Callas
Caspar Phillipson
John. F Kennedy
Lydia Koniordou
Lista Callas
Vincent Macaigne
Doctor Fointainebleau
Jörg Westphal
SS Officer
Philipp Droste
SS Officer
Alessandro Bressanello
Giovanni Battista Meneghini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jolie trained for months to lip-sync convincingly, learning Callas's breath patterns and facial muscle control.
The film completes Larraín's 'women on the edge' trilogy with Jackie and Spencer — all about iconic women performing their own unraveling.
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