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Angelina Jolie is tipped by fans to win her second Oscar as Maria receives an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival - despite lacklustre reviews from critics
The actress, 49, has taken on the role of revered opera singer Maria Callas in the film, and following its premiere, some fans were to quick to predict she'll be battling it out for Best Actress.
Maria battled ill health during her final years, and the film shines a light on her deteriorating mental state as she dreams of the prospect of performing once again, with her marriage to Ari Onassis at the forefront. Variety's Owen Gleiberman wrote that Angelina 'seizes our attention, playing Maria as woman of wiles who is imperious, mysterious, fusing the life force of a genius diva with the downbeat emotional fire of a femme fatale. '[Angelina] seizes our attention, playing Maria as woman of wiles who is imperious, mysterious, fusing the life force of a genius diva with the downbeat emotional fire of a femme fatale.
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