Angelina Jolie stars as opera legend Maria Callas, whose hallucinations of a 'handsome interrogator' provide a window into her tumultuous life and career.
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Callas' hallucinations of the journalist 'Mandrax' are a storytelling device, as the pills she takes in the film share the same name, suggesting the hallucinations are drug-induced.
While experts agree there's no evidence Callas actually experienced such vivid hallucinations, the film's director sees it as a 'reasonable poetic license' to explore Callas' life and artistry.
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