Academy Award-winning actor Angelina Jolie will star as famous opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain’s new film “Maria.”
Jolie won an Academy Award for her performance in “The Girl, Interrupted,” and went on to have an astonishingly wide range of acting roles in films such as “The Changeling,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Maleficent,” and “Dead Men.” I’m showing you.
Larraín is a prominent Chilean filmmaker whose credits include Jackie, Spencer, No, Neruda and 2023’s El Conde, Edward Lachman’s chiaroscuro film nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography. It will be done.
Larrain said: “I am thrilled to be partnering again with the Netflix team who are so passionate about film. This film is my most personal work to date. It is a creative imaginative and psychological portrait of Maria Callas, who finally decided to find her own voice, her own identity, and sing for herself after dedicating herself to the songs that Maria did in her own life. We are honored to tell this story and share it with audiences around the world.”
“Maria” marks a new collaboration between Larrain and Lachman, who was nominated for an Academy Award for “Carol” and “Far From Heaven.” This is the second Larrain film to be written by Stephen Knight, following “Spencer”. Knight was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Dirty Pretty Things and is the creator of Peaky Blinders.
Academy Award nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valeria Golino also star.
Learn more about Maria below and watch the film’s teaser above.
What is Maria about?
Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie plays one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century, Maria Callas, in Larrain’s acclaimed opera Maria. The film follows an American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a colorful and eventful life in the public eye. Maria reconsiders the final years of the legendary soprano, as the songstress looks at her identity and life.
Who is in the cast of Maria?
The cast of Maria is:
When is Maria’s release date?
Maria will be released in select theaters on November 27th and streamed on Netflix on December 11th. The film previously had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29th.
