One hundred years after Maria Callas' birth, Jolie portrays the soprano, saying she found a connection with the Greek diva.

Imaginative but seemingly true to its subject, "Maria" is the latest exquisitely filmed portrait from the maker of "Jackie" and the Diana study "Spencer."

The Metropolitan Opera House was awash in pearls and tuxedos on a recent gala evening. Socialites traded political gossip by the bar, and bankers discussed coming vacations in the Maldives. Then a golden elevator door slid open and a glamorous figure slipped out.

Angelina Jolie reflects on her portrayal of the soprano, discovering you cannot ‘fake-sing’ opera and her kids Maddox and Pax seeing her cry.

Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn't even know were in her. “All of us, we really don’t realize where things land in our body over a lifetime of different experiences and where we hold it to protect ourselves,