It’s been three years since we last saw him on screen. After “The Eternals” (2021), by Chloe Zhao, Angelina Jolie took a break. Break that she dedicated to her children. “I needed to be near them. But I am very happy to be here and I am grateful to be an artist,” she explained in August at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, where she presented “Maria”, a new film by Pablo Larraín. , biopic about opera singer Maria Callas.
After the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (“Neruda”, 2016), the American first lady Jackie Kennedy (“Jackie”, 2017), or even Princess Diana (“Spencer”, 2021), it is indeed up to the Greek singer Maria Callas that the Chilean director Pablo Larraín decided to dedicate a film to. And, to interpret it, he chose Angelina Jolie. “Without Angelina, this film would not have seen the light of day. Such a role is unthinkable without such an actress,” he said in Venice.
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Angelina Jolie, London style
A role in which Angelina Jolie recognized herself: “There are many things that I cannot explain in this play. But you probably know what I’m talking about. I think I share his vulnerability more than anything,” she confessed. So, between preparing her next film as a director – “Without Blood”, adapted from the novel “Sans sang”, by Alessandro Baricco, which will soon be presented at the Toronto Film Festival – she agreed to take over the management of the sets filming.
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As the release of “Maria” approaches, Angelina Jolie is hitting the red carpets. After Venice and New York, it was in London that she came to present the biopic which focuses on the last days of the singer in Paris, in the 1970s. Friday October 18, she appeared in a black pantsuit of the brand Dolce & Gabbana with black leather ankle boots at the Royal Festival Hall, for the BFI London Film Festival. Most elegant appearance.
