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Aristotle Onassis, longtime companion of Maria Callas, later married former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
Scenario
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.. Kennedy was the subject of an earlier Pablo Larraín biopic, 2016's "Jackie", starring Natalie Portman in the titular role..
I’m in the mood for adulation
Maria Callas: Book me a table at a café where the waiters know who I am. Referenced in Close-Up: Why do We Need the Venice Film Festival?
If it were not for Angelina Jolie!To be fair, she was excellent in the acting bits
(2024). I was just not sold on the singing parts.The movie, however, was an excellent closing chapter to a much less degnified life of Maria Callas.
It does, however, touch on many delicate moments that defined her career
She was a wonderful soul whom her talent had a great deal of appreciation and agony in equal measures.It features the last 7 days of her life and uses flashbacks to review her journey. In doing so, it gets you so consumed you can no longer differentiate between her delusions and actual memories.
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