Yes, Maria is based on the true story of Greek opera singer Maria Callas, who died of a heart attack in 1977, when she was only 53 years old. Maria imagines the last few days of Callas’s life, in which once the once-great opera singer struggles with a drug addiction, hallucinations, and her declining health.

Netflix U.S. has just added a stirring new biopic starring Oscar-winning performer, Angelina Jolie. "Maria" is the latest effort from Pablo Larraín, and continues his recent run of biographical historical dramas looking at iconic women from the 20th century after 2021's "Spencer" and the Natalie Portman-fronted 2016 biopic, "Jackie".

I didn’t need to see Maria, the movie starring Angelina Jolie about the last week of Maria Callas’s life to know that it would feature a woman disintegrating as she remembers past triumphs and disasters.

Director Pablo Larraín is fixated on immensely powerful women in times of great personal crisis, but the startling emotional intimacy he brought to stories about Jacqueline Kennedy ("Jackie") and Princess Diana ("Spencer") is lacking in "Maria," his portrait of opera's supreme diva, Maria Callas.

Angelina Jolie has gained new appreciation for opera singers after she "nearly passed out" during lessons for her role as famed soprano Maria Callas in 'Maria'.

Angelina Jolie opens up about personal struggles, her comeback in ‘Maria,’ and reigniting her passion for storytelling.