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A mournful look at the last days of opera diva Maria Callas, director Franco Zeffirellis biographical drama attempts to explore the
irresistible allure of a comeback for a fallen star who hungers for the success of her past. Weathered from the excess of the previous
decade and with her best performances long behind her, Callas (Fanny Ardant) withdraws to her Paris apartment to live her final days in
seclusion. Despite being ravaged by a throat disease and being stuck in an extended period of mourning following the death of her true
love, Callas manager Larry Kelly (Jeremy Irons) evertheless suggests that the former reigning queen of opera attempt a spectacular
comeback. Though she is physically unable to perform the pieces the way that she once did, the suggestion to lip-sync to recordings of
her previous performances offers a tentative chance for latter day fame. Despite her belief that lip-syncing her performance would be
dishonest to her fans, the prospect of performing Carmen an opera that she once recorded but never performed on stage, offers Callas one
last shot at reliving her former glory.
