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The Story: In an attempt to leave their troubled lives The Story: Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera
behind, two twin brothers return to their hometown singer, lives the last days of her life in Paris in the
to start over, only to discover that an even greater evil 1970s while confronting her identity and her life.
is waiting to welcome them back.
Tatiana Henriques wrote: "At one point in the
Inês N. Lourenço wrote: "Music then insinuates film, one of the characters asks the singer, ‘Should
itself as the angle of ‘Sinners’: both on the soundtrack I call her Maria or La Diva?’. This may also have
and in the narrative, it shows signs of dominance, been the question Pablo Larraín asked himself when
controls the ‘choreography’ of the characters, and he took on the challenge of bringing Callas' life to
echoes the lament of slave labour in the cotton fields. the big screen. The film's title and the filmmaker's
The blues is a Black song, a sound inseparable from portrayal of a major figure in music reveal the answer.
suffering. But it turns out that the new film by the Larraín explores Maria's struggle and the symbiotic
director of «Creed» and «Black Panther» doesn't stop relationship, throughout her life, with her voice,
at the sonic exploration of an inheritance: the first an inseparable part of her identity. [...]What is a
part, of the preparation for the big night, is matched singer without the power of her voice? Diving into
by a second part of terror with drool, sharp teeth, and this premise and exploring Maria's inner struggle is
little red eyes in the dark. The devil and the Ku Klux a shrewd perspective that results in a solid piece of
Klan unite in a portrayal of evil, fulfilling the story's work, supported by excellent photography by Edward
political metaphor (it's true that in this America, one Lachman, which contributes to the mystery that is
must remain politically vigilant)." also imbued in Maria Callas' own personality."

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