Maria
- Sep 17, 2024, United Kingdom
Maria is an upcoming biographical drama film about Maria Callas, an acclaimed opera singer, and will arrive in movie theaters in February 2025.
The Fremantle-produced movie tells the beautiful yet tragic story of the world’s greatest female opera singer during the 1970s.
If you cannot wait to watch the flick on the silver screen, here is all you need to know about Maria, including the film’s release date, plot, casting, critics’ reviews, and much more.
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What’s the Release Date for Maria?
Maria had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2024. According to Netflix, the film will be released on the streaming platform on February 6, 2025.
What is the Plot?
Maria is set during Maria Callas’s final days in Paris, France, during the 1970s when she lived in the capital city. It looks back at a period of her life when she lost her voice and attempts to regain it.
Who Stars in Maria?
Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted) takes on the role of icon Maria Callas, an iconic American-born Greek soprano. It was reported that the Academy Award-winning actress trained as an opera singer for seven months in preparation for the movie.
90% to 95% of the scenes feature Callas’ original recordings, with Jolie lip-synching to the music. However, Angelina Jolie sings the song in the movie’s final act, proving all her hard work and effort was worth it.
Aggelina Papadopoulou portrays a young Maria. Also, Valeria Golina (Rain Man) is Yakinthi Callas, Haluk Bilginer, a Turkish actor, stars as Aristotle Onassis, and Pierfrancesco Favino (World War Z) plays Ferruccio.
Who Wrote the Screenplay?
Steven Knight wrote the screenplay for Maria. The 64-year-old British screenwriter is the creator behind the BBC’s hit TV show Peaky Blinders, and he wrote the script for Eastern Promises (2007), Hummingbird (2013), Locke (2013), and Spencer (2021).
Also, he Is one of three creative brains behind the concept for the internationally popular quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Directed Maria?
Pablo Larrain directed Maria. He is best known for directing Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021). It is the third film from Larrain that explores iconic women.
Is There an Official Trailer?
An official trailer for Maria currently isn’t available. It is most likely to drop ahead of the movie’s release date in February 2025.
What Do Top Critics Say About Maria?
Following its world premiere at the Sala Grande Theatre at the Venice Film Festival in August 2024, Maria received an eight-minute standing ovation from its audience. The response reportedly reduced the movie’s lead, Angelina Jolie, to tears.
Also, it was in contention for the respected Golden Lion award, but it lost out to The Room Next Door.
Since the premiere, Maria has earned a 6.60/10 average rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator website. It confirmed that 74% of reviews from top critics are positive.
Metacritic assigned the movie 63 out of 100, using a weighted average system, which was based on 23 top critic reviews. It indicates the film has earned “generally favorable” reviews.
David Ehrlich from indieWire wrote, “Jolie’s broadly theatrical but delicately unraveling performance feels immersive and self-revealing in equal measure, as if Maria Callas is a conduit for her to reclaim her own identity as an artist and a human being.”
Also, Clarissa Loughrey from The Independent (UK) wrote the following review, “Larraín has a way of making what feels absurd on paper read as poignant on screen. Edward Lachman’s cinematography allows the transitions between reality and unreality, color and black and white, to melt into one beautiful, sad dream.”
