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

No physical screenings scheduled.

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.