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Callas Forever is a 2002 biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Sherman. It is an homage to Zeffirelli's friend, internationally acclaimed opera diva Maria Callas, whom he directed on stage in Norma, La traviata, and Tosca. It was his last film before his death in 2019.
Sep 18, 2002 · It's the spring of 1977, and Maria Callas - the world's most famous opera star - is now a recluse in Paris. A tragic cross between Garbo and Norma Desmond, she spends her life popping pills, fighting off bad dreams and listening to recordings of her voice at its glorious peak.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Franco Zeffirelli
- 2002-09-18
Nov 25, 2004 · In 1977, when she is 53 and near the end of her life, the great diva Maria Callas is approached by a man who directed some of her greatest performances. He wants to film her in "Carmen." Impossible! she says, playing him a tape of her final concert, in Tokyo, where the great voice was in ruins.
Nov 11, 2004 · Callas Forever (2004) Divas don't come much more demanding than Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant) in Callas Forever, an enjoyably risible biopic about the final days of the opera singer that's...
Sep 20, 2002 · At 53, Callas is a seriously depressed woman who lives in solitude, mourning the loss of her voice. But she’s not the only aging artist in the film who loses her creative powers and makes a...
Callas Forever. List. An uneven biopic that struggles to convey what made its subject special, Callas Forever is far from a definitive look at the life of this brilliant opera diva. Read...
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- Biography, Drama, LGBTQ+
- PG-13
Oct 20, 2004 · The cliché-ridden Callas Forever allows director Franco Zeffirelli to revisit a time period in the ‘70s when he was mounting super productions at Milan’s La Scala and New York’s Metropolitan Opera starring divas like Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland.
