‘Maria’ Teaser Sees Angelina Jolie as Legendary but Troubled Opera Singer

Angelina Jolie goes by way of all of the feelings within the first teaser trailer for Maria, which sees the actress painting the legendary however troubled opera singer Maria Callas.

The movie, directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie and Spencer), follows the “American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life within the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her ultimate days because the diva reckons together with her id and life,” the logline reads.

“What do you need to sing,” a voice says, as Jolie responds on the finish of the video, “Not as we speak.” The teaser additionally options glimpses of Callas’ ultimate days in Seventies Paris, from private moments to her performing onstage.

Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Haluk Bilginer spherical out the solid. The movie was produced by Larraín, Juan De Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach and Lorenzo Mieli.

The Hollywood Reporter‘s chief movie critic David Rooney wrote in his assessment, following its world premiere on the Venice Movie Competition, “The film goals to depict a celebrated lady, whose life has been as a lot about sacrifice as reward, in search of to take management, to look again and see the reality as demise approaches. However its moments of illumination are hazy. There’s little that comes near the compassion and perception Larraín dropped at his portraits of Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana, regardless that it’s very a lot of a chunk with these motion pictures.”

Maria begins enjoying in choose theaters within the U.S. on Nov. 27 and on Netflix Dec. 11.