Maria

Saturday night, Sharon and I watched Maria on Netflix. This is part of our annual journey to see all of the films that MIGHT be nominated for any Oscar. The movie received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Maria is a biographical psychological drama film directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight. It is the third film in Larraín's trilogy of important 20th-century women, following Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021). We saw both of those filims.

The film stars Angelina Jolie as opera singer Maria Callas. It also stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer, Stephen Ashfield, Valeria Golino, and Kodi Smit-McPhee [The Power of the Dog] in supporting roles.

Maria depicts the final days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas in 1970s Paris. She confronts a declining health, a tumultuous past, and the fading echoes of her once-powerful voice, while grappling with her identity and life's regrets.

This is a very good performance by Jolie. GoldDerby currently has her with the fifth best odds for a Best Actress Oscar. I didn't know anything about Maria Callas. I was surprised to learn that she was involved with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. This film is better than Larrain's movies about Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana.