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Aristotle Onassis, longtime partner of Maria Callas, later married former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Tale

Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer, lives her last days in Paris in the 1970s as she confronts her identity and her life. Kennedy was the subject of a previous Pablo Larraín biopic, 2016’s « Jackie, » starring Natalie Portman.

We are in the mood for praise

Maria Callas: Book a table in a cafe where the waiters know who I am. In close-up reference: Why do we need the Venice Film Festival?

This is one of the greatest cinemas I have ever seen in my entire life

(2024). Everything comes together in this film: the power of Maria Callas (for the first time as a woman and a singer), the emotions that Angelina Jolie gives, the singing, the supporting actors Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher, the spectacular direction and cinematography converge in this true art.

Thanks to Alberto Barbera for giving us this gem

This is not a celebration of a simple artist, but of a woman and pure art. This is « The Human Film », « Perfection ».#2 MARIA di Pablo Larraín#BiennaleCinema2024 #Venezia81 #Maria #PabloLarrian.