"Sometimes you don’t have the opportunity to discuss [those topics] your sons," says the actress, who portrays Maria Callas in the Netflix film

“Maria,” Pablo Larraín’s cinematic portrait of opera legend Maria Callas, arrives as the third of the director’s films centered on iconic women of the 20th century.

Jolie, whose combination of artistry and larger-than-life stardom makes her the only actress who could play this part right now, is luminous.