Maria
2024 · Movie · R · 123 min · ★ 6.5 · 69% critics
In 1970s Paris, a legendary opera singer spends her final days wrestling with fading abilities, loneliness, and the weight of a life lived in the spotlight. As memories surface in fragments and reality feels uncertain, she searches for a sense of self beyond fame and the expectations that once defined her.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-11-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (467 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an intimate, somber portrait of fame, aging, and identity with opera woven throughout, similar in spirit to Respect; Not for you if you need fast pacing, clear facts, or lighter drama.
Pros: powerful lead performance; haunting, melancholic mood; rich opera moments | Cons: slow, meandering pacing; limited depth and insight; distracting lip-sync issues
Themes
- opera
- paris, france
- 1970s
- surrealism
- biography
- based on true story
- female protagonist
- period drama
- historical
- opera singer
- music
- cerebral
Awards & recognition
- Celebration of Cinema and Television · 2024
- Golden Lion · 2024 · nominated
Cast & crew
Angelina Jolie
as Maria Callas
Pierfrancesco Favino
as Ferruccio
Alba Rohrwacher
as Bruna
Haluk Bilginer
as Aristotle Onassis
Kodi Smit-McPhee
as Mandrax
Stephen Ashfield
as Jeffrey Tate
Valeria Golino
as Yakinthi Callas
Caspar Phillipson
as John. F Kennedy
Lydia Koniordou
as Lista Callas
Vincent Macaigne
as Doctor Fointainebleau
Directed by Pablo Larraín