“Maria” auteur Pablo Larraín brought the closer of his trilogy to the 62nd annual New York Film Festival on Sunday, September 29. Set during the last days of opera icon Maria Callas’ life, the film follows Angelina Jolie transforming into the role of a lifetime, singing through grief, tragedy, and despair.

EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie says that roles such as her portrayal of Maria Callas - arguably the greatest prima donna assoluta soprano of all time - in director Pablo Larraín’s Maria, come along “once in a lifetime.