Movie
Callas Forever
Classical music film with a runtime of 108 minutes, released in 2002. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
A mournful look at the last days of opera diva Maria Callas, director Franco Zeffirelli's biographical drama attempts to explore the irresistible allure of a comeback for a fallen star who hungers for the success of her past. Weathered from the excess of the previous decade and with her best performances long behind her, Callas (Fanny Ardant) withdraws to her Paris apartment to live her final days in seclusion. Despite being ravaged by a throat disease and being stuck in an extended period of mourning following the death of her true love, Callas' manager Larry Kelly (Jeremy Irons) nevertheless suggests that the former reigning queen of opera attempt a spectacular comeback. Though she is physically unable to perform the pieces the way that she once did, the suggestion to lip-sync to recordings of her previous performances offers a tentative chance for latter day fame. Despite her belief that lip-syncing her performance would be dishonest to her fans, the prospect of performing +Carmen, an opera that she once recorded but never performed on stage, offers Callas one last shot at reliving her former glory.
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Cast
- Fanny Ardant
- Jeremy Irons
- Joan Plowright
- Jay Rodan
- Gabriel Garko
- Manuel De Blas
- Justino DÃaz
- Jean Dalric
- Stephen Billington
- Anna Lelio
- Alessandro Bertolucci
- Olivier Galfione
- Roberto Sánchez
- Achille Brugnini
- Eugene Kohn
- Bryan Jardine
- Ann McElhinney
- Tomi Cristin
- Razvan Popa
- Tony Dawe
- Alfredo Marazzi
- Maurizio Nardi
- Anna Anni
- Martin Sherman
- Nick Alexander
- Clive Parsons
- Alessandro Lai
- Bruno Cesari
- Giorgio Conti
- Fabio Conversi
- Karl Lagerfeld
- Philip Barnes
- Ennio Guarnieri
- Miguel Menéndez de Zubillaga
- Marco Chimenz
- Andrei Boncea
- Giovanni Stabilini
- Francisco Ramos
- Maurizia Narducci
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Alberto Spiazzi
- Peter Lindsay
- Olivier Granier
- Claudio Napoli
- Francesco Cucinelli
- Sean Barton
- Pippo Pisciotto
- Carlo Centolavigna
