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Callas Forever

2002 · 111 min

A bittersweet, elegant meditation on artistry and aging, watching a legend confront her own decline with dignity and melancholy.

Genres
Romance, Drama
Tagline
A triumph is worse than a failure if the price is too high
Overview
Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • aging
  • identity
  • memory
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
Written by
Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Sherman
Starring
Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan, Gabriel Garko, Justino Díaz, Manuel de Blas, Jean Dalric
Music
Alessio Vlad
Cinematography
Ennio Guarnieri
Runtime
111 min
Country
Italy, France, Spain, Romania, United Kingdom
Languages
Italian, French, English, Spanish

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