Maria

Maria

TIFF65: Greek Premiere

Academy Award®-winner Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century in acclaimed director Pablo Larraín’s operatic Maria. The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.

Screening Schedule
STAVROS TORNES
29 December 2024 21:00
STAVROS TORNES
30 December 2024 21:00
STAVROS TORNES
01 January 2025 21:00
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Direction: Pablo Larraín
Script: Steven Knight
Cinematography: Ed Lachman
Editing: Sofía Subercaseaux
Sound: Mac Ruth, Lars Ginzel
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Stephen Ashfield, Valeria Golino, Aggelina Papadopoulou, Lydia Koniordou
Production: The Apartment, Komplizen Film, Fabula
Producers: Lorenzo Mieli, Annamaria Morelli, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín
Costumes: Massimo Cantini Parrini
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Italy, Germany, USA
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 123'
Distribution in Greece: Cinobo, Faliro House
Contact: FilmΝation Entertainment

The movie will hit the Greek theatres distributed by Cinobo and Faliro House.

Pablo Larraín

Born in Santiago, Chile in 1976, Pablo Larraín is a director, producer and screenwriter. Following his multi-award-winning drama Fuga (2006), he focused intensively on the Pinochet dictatorship in films including Tony Manero (2008), Post Mortem (2010), and ¡NO! (2012). Tony Manero premiered at Cannes in 2008 and later won the KNF prize in Rotterdam. His film El Club (2015) met with great worldwide success (including a Silver Bear at the Berlinale). In 2016 he released two biographical films, Neruda, about the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, and his English-language debut Jackie, about Jackie Kennedy Onassis, a film that has won many prizes and has been nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar.. In 2019 he returned to Santiago, Chile, for Ema, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Filmography

2006 Fuga
2008 Tony Manero
2010 Post Mortem
2012 No
2015 The Club
2016 Neruda
2016 Jackie
2019 Ema
2021 Spencer
2023 El Conde
2024 Maria