Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas for Pablo Larrain [bande-annonce]

Maria, or the portrait of a great singer carried by a great actress.

Acclaimed at the Venice Film Festival with an eight-minute standing ovation, the Maria of Pablo Larraín is interested in a new figure with a legendary aura. After JackieAnd Spencerit's the turn of opera singer Maria Callas to come under the eye of the Chilean filmmaker's camera. To embody it in the last moments of his life, none other than the one with the unique aura, Angelina Jolie – which marks with this feature film his return to cinema since The Eternals (2021).

“Having the chance to combine my two greatest personal passions, namely cinema and opera, is a dream I have been waiting for for so long. And being able to do it with Angelina, an incredibly courageous and curious artist, is an opportunity A real gift.”

These words from Pablo Larraín during the Venice Film Festival opened the first shared images of the film and allow us to discover what the first sung and finesse trailer is.

The famous Maria Callas finds herself in a Parisian palace at the end of her career, she is alone, under the gaze of the employees. Almost no words come out of his mouth, and for good reason, his voice is broken. So as the filmmaker knows how to do so well with his usual style, his grain and his monochrome, he makes her think of her former glory, her past and her years of success, her characters that she embodies. To conclude with a wait. “Not now.” We will have to wait a little longer before raising the curtain on the stage.

And to hear him sing, be patient. But as Angelina Jolie revealed during the press conference given at the Lido, it will be she who will push the note to the highest range, singing in front of an audience and in an opera hall what's more.

All the facets of Maria Callas are evident in this trailer, and it is on the American actress that all eyes are focused. Already at the Mostra, some imagined that this film would allow him to win his second Oscar – the first being for A Stolen Life.

Angelina Jolie on her way to a 2nd Oscar thanks to her incarnation of Maria Callas?

Written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Spencer), and also with Valeria Golina (Rain Man), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog), Pierfrancesco Favino (The Count of Monte Cristo) and Jeremy Wheeler, Maria will be released on sale on February 12, 2025.