Maria by Callas
Forty years after her death, the most famous opera singer in history, Maria Callas, is about to tell her own story – in her own words.
Please note that this film is in French, with Dutch subtitles.
The documentary is overflowing with never-before-seen images, photographs, Super 8 films, private recordings, letters, and rare footage from behind the scenes at her performances, in colour for the first time. It’s the chronicle of a memorable life reconstructed through Callas’ own words and the intimate stories of the leading personalities of her day: Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Alain Delon, Yves Saint-Laurent, John F. Kennedy, Luchino Visconti, Winston Churchill, Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor and many more.
Tom Volf, France, 2017, 113 min. French spoken, Dutch subtitles.