Angelina Jolie moved to tears during standing ovation for new biopic

The Oscar-winner was filmed wiping away tears from her face throughout the rapturous response to Pablo Larrain’s biographical drama concerning the Greek opera singer Maria Callas.

The emotional standing ovation was paying homage to the applause after the premiere of The Whale, which launched the Oscar-winning marketing campaign and a profession comeback for actor Brendan Fraser, in 2022.

Jolie performs the title function in Maria, which reimagines the singer’s last days in Nineteen Seventies Paris, exploring the tragic occasions within the lifetime of one of many world’s best-known sopranos.

She wore a customized Tamara Ralph draped chiffon gown and a pretend fur stole, paired with Aquazzura sneakers and a crimson lip to the premiere.

At an earlier press convention, Jolie mentioned that she has “relearned” the phrase diva by means of Maria Callas, who was often known as “La Divina”.

“I believe it’s typically include quite a lot of unfavorable connotations,” she mentioned.

“I believe I’ve relearned that phrase by means of Maria and I’ve a brand new relationship to it.

“And I believe it’s typically different individuals’s notion of a lady that defines typically an excessive amount of who she is, and who she was, or what she supposed.

“And I truly assume she was one of many hardest working individuals, who didn’t harm anyone.”

“I suppose it’s everyone on this room that makes that definition,” she added.

Jolie additionally mentioned she has “wanted to be house extra” along with her household lately.

The Lara Croft star, 49, has six youngsters with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, from whom she filed for divorce in September 2016.

In Might their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt turned the primary of their youngsters to request a authorized title change.

Jolie spoke about her performing profession, and the way it appears to have taken a again seat over the previous few years.

Requested how she is feeling, she mentioned: “I’ve wanted to be house extra with my household these final years.

“And in that point, I’ve grow to be possibly extra grateful to have the chance to only be an artist and play and be amongst all of you, to only be on this artistic world that we’re all lucky to be in a roundabout way part of.

“So I’m completely happy to be right here, and I’m grateful.”

In a Vogue interview final yr, Jolie, identified for starring in Maleficent and Woman, Interrupted, mentioned she began doing much less movie work “seven years in the past, solely taking jobs that didn’t require lengthy shoots”.

Jolie and Pitt met on the set of motion comedy Mr & Mrs Smith and had been married in 2014. The main points of their divorce have but to be finalised.

Pitt is anticipated to attend the movie competition for a film he stars in referred to as Wolfs.