The film about Maria Callas, the diva of divas, brings the deep and dramatic Angelina Jolie to the big screen

The woman sits in a mirror in an elegantly decorated room with old -fashioned objects and soft lighting. — Angelina Jolie surprises in a profound and dramatic role as she interprets the last days of the opera diva Maria Callas.

Pablo Larraín’s film Maria tells about loneliness and the difficulty of being an artist. The main star Angelina Jolie, like Callas, has experienced loneliness in her private life.

*Maria* once again brings out his ability to capture complex and contradictory characters. The film Maria focuses on the turning points in the life of Maria Callas and her personal struggle. Jolie opens up an intimate and profound insight into the private world hidden behind the iconic singer’s public glory.

The name of the film is *Maria*, which means it is about a private person, a person behind a public image.

This article lists the reasons why Callas is still an interesting current character. The film offers a lot of relatability to today’s people, who art between humanity and the pursuit of perfection.

The adored diva of divas

Maria Callas was one of the brightest superstars of the 1950s, and people were interested in her private life. The film hauntingly describes how the paparazzi chased Callas and barged in with their overly personal questions.

Soprano Callas’s ability to combine technical skill and deep emotional expression made him an opera’s fixed star, and his interpretation of works *Normal *, *Tusca *and *la Travia *have remained permanently in the opera history. He is spoken of as a radiant star whose stage charisma was strong.

The star also had a temperament. She was called *La Divina*, the goddess. Maria Callas had to struggle to maintain her perfect voice and beautiful appearance throughout her life.

The soprano who lost her voice

The film gives a picture of a tough woman who has built a shell to protect her own sensitive innermost.

Opera singer Maria Callas poses in a performance outfit and flowers. — Opera singer Maria Callas often appeared in dramatic roles that led to death.

Maria Callas was an artist striving for perfection, who could not always tolerate her own voice. There are few film recordings of Callas’ performances, as he could stop filming in the middle of rehearsals and even performances.

Maria Callas’ voice started to fade already at the age of 40. Theories have been put forward that the sudden drastic weight loss may have contributed to the deterioration of his voice. However, he craved attention until the end of his life. Having lost his voice, he continued to sing. In the last years of his life, Parisian restaurants were the only places where the reclusive Callas could be seen receiving the admiration of his fans.

Angelina Jolie is known to have practiced opera singing for seven months before the start of the filming. Imitizing Callas’s voice will surely share the viewers’ opinions.

An icon that still inspires fashion houses

Visually, the *Maria* film captures the aesthetics of the era, the fashion of the 1970s and the glamor of Callas in detail. I especially remember the off-white long woolen cardigan, which resembles a finer bathrobe.

The picture shows an elegantly dressed person with a stylish hat and wearing a fur clothing. In the background is a luxurious interior design that creates a classic and valuable atmosphere. — The cornerstones of Maria Callas’s style were fur, beads and well -cut suits.

Maria Callas’s makeup style has remained in history, especially the strong cats drawn in black kayak. He also used spectacular glasses because of his bad sight.

Love life like a Greek tragedy

The film focuses on Callas’ constant pursuit of perfection and his struggles with the pressures of his private life.

Two people in formal attire enjoying a cocktail party in an elegant setting. In the background you can see an ornate hall with a festively laid table and people dressed up. — Ship owner Aristotle Onassis, played by Haluk Bilginer, basked in the brilliance of superstar Callas.

In this movie, the symbols talk to the viewer. Star museum -like Paris apartments often move black grand piano. It can be interpreted by the fading relationship of the diava of the image.

A woman photographed from the upper corner in her room in a white dress. — At the end of his career, the opera star was linked to his beautiful home for music safety.

Place Vendôme square, Pont Alexandre III bridge and autumn parks in Paris are the filming locations. In the last days of her life, Maria Callas escapes to her beautiful Parisian apartment, which is decorated with a collection of white statues and stylish furniture covered in silk. There, the childless star created her own family, the servants became the closest to her.

The film’s message is the right to live as eccentric a life as you want. The question arises for the viewer, do we label talented people with the word diva. Artistic people have the right to withdraw into their own world.

Callas lived as if drugged

The*Maria*movie has several distressing scenes where Maria Callas is in a kind of intoxicated state where sounds disappear around her. He rarely eats and little. Favorite food is an omelet made by the inner.

The role of Angelina Jolie is extremely skinny. He often disappears into his own world at the makeup table. He refuses to listen to the advice of doctors.

A person stands in the city under an autumn sky, historical buildings can be seen in the background. — In the movie Maria, Maria Callas, played by Angelina Jolie, looks back on her life.

It is speculated whether Callas *suffer from a disease called dermatomyositis *with muscle inflammation and balance. Callas used Mandrax, which was both soothing and sleepy and also for the celebration of that time. It is believed that the star received this medicine from Onassis.

The childhood of Callas, who lived the tragic life, was difficult. My own mother had wished her a son and suggested World War II in Athens that her daughter would become a prostitute to make the poor family’s everyday life.

Maria refused and began singing. The Italian soldiers fell in love with his song and so his reputation rushed and the first steps had been taken as a goddess. The star died in 1977 at the age of 53 in Paris in Paris.

*Listen to Maria Callas on Cultural Ykkönen. The studio had a lively and emotional debate about the film. The program will be guests by Jan Granberg, a music journalist, film journalist Silja Sahlgren-Fodstad, and Eeva Kolu, an author and author.*