Mendy, a passionate and obsessive opera fanatic, interrogates a young man over the phone about a legendary Maria Callas performance in Lisbon. His initial curiosity quickly spirals into a dramatic, humorous, and deeply felt defense of Callas's genius and the importance of art.
MENDY: How do you describe a miracle to someone who wasn't there? Do yourself a favor. Put on one of her records sometime. If what you hear doesn't get to you, really talk to you, touch you someplace here, I'm talking about the heart, move you, the truth of it, the intensity... well, I can't imagine
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