Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274407/
I'm probably over-rating this. My prior rating is 7 from Netflix. But after watching many Zeffirelli opera productions, and seeing a bit about his history with Callas, this film made me smile from beginning to end. Hearing her recordings within the film helped a lot.
FA is wonderful as Callas. I chose the Greek poster because it uses the best shot of her. The current bd cover could be Rene Russo (big sunglasses) playing Jackie O. (There was a similarity in appearance. Perhaps Onassis had a "type.")
This is NOT about her last days. This is complete fiction, Zeffirelli's dream of what might have happened, albeit without being too rosey about the outcome. This was clearly a labor of love, a valentine from FZ to MC. And he seems to have embraced FA as a suitable substitute, at least according to the bits provided as extra features.
Here's an undated photo of the real Maria Callas.
Rated 6.6 (1,994)
indie, dir. Zeffirelli; 9
