Callas Forever (2002)

Callas Forever (2002) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Goya Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby TrueHD )
Italian ( DTS 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Romania ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Franco Zeffirelli

Written By:
Martin Sherman
Franco Zeffirelli

Actors:
Fanny Ardant ..... Maria Callas
Jeremy Irons ..... Larry Kelly
Joan Plowright ..... Sarah Keller
Jay Rodan ..... Michael
Gabriel Garko ..... Marco
Manuel de Blas ..... Esteban Gómez
Justino Díaz ..... Scarpia
Jean Dalric ..... Gérard
Stephen Billington ..... Brendan
Anna Lelio ..... Bruna
Alessandro Bertolucci ..... Marcello
Olivier Galfione ..... Thierry
Roberto Sanchez ..... Escamillo
Achille Brugnini ..... Ferruccio
Eugene Kohn ..... Eugene

Synopsis:

This is 1977. Maria Callas; the most famous diva in the world, lives confined in her Paris apartment. Larry Kelly, a producer friend, offers her to sing Carmen in a televised concert. Unfortunately Maria's voice, tired and worn by years and strain, is not what it used to be. Larry knows the way around the problem: a technical stratagem will create the illusion. Maria, disregarding her friend Sarah's warning, agrees with the idea and the show is a tremendous success. With that in mind, Larry now considers a new version of "Tosca". But this time, Maria objects to the subterfuge. Her decision will mark the beginning of the end for the legendary singer...

Maria Callas, having reached the twilight of her career, comes out of reclusive retirement only to confront painful memories of her past love affair with billionaire Aristotle Onassis and the fact that she can no longer pretend to have the voice she once had. Her eager manager, determined to re-ignite her passion and restore her legacy, convinces her to take on an important project: a film of the opera "Carmen," in which she will lip-sync her own glorious recording of many years previous. The soprano at first accepts but gradually comes to the realization that technology cannot replace art.

Set in 1970's Paris: a rock band promoter who convinces the opera diva Maria Callas to revive her career through the aid of modern technology and video. Callas, who has been living a solitary life, acquiesces and the two embark on a journey of hope, discovery, passion and pain.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 April, 2016.

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