Angelina Jolie starrer `Maria` took the attention at the Venice Film Festival and garnered an 8-minute standing ovation. Recently, the movie had a private screening at the Toronto Film Festival. The actor said her latest movie, `Maria` is about an artist who faced creative struggles and doubt, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

She plays the world`s greatest opera singer in the film. "Towards the end of her life, she had highs and the greatest highs, which were where she could really feel she was connecting, and she had times where she felt she couldn`t, and it really broke her and she felt she wasn`t able to connect," added Jolie.