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Angelina Jolie was brought to tears after receiving an 8-minute Standing Ovation following the world premiere of her new film Maria at the Venice film festival in Italy Thursday the Tomb Raider actress was seen turning away from the applauding audience as she tried to conceal her crying at the Sola Grande theater in videos circulating on social media Jolie wiped her watering eyes as she became emotional and even used her hand to cover her face several times the Academy Award winner graciously nodded and smiled at the crowd while holding back tears as the movie's director Pablo Lorraine assisted her up the stairs in the theater audience members were seen standing and clapping as they cheered for the actress for at least eight solid minutes according to reports Jolie looked stunning in a Chic offthe shoulder champagne gown and fur wrap adorned with a sparkling vintage brooch social media users flooded x with supportive reactions to Jolie's sobs at the event she is a magnificent woman on X a fan gushed what an absolute goddess second person cheered she's the woman a third wrote the Maleficent star portrays Greek opera singer Maria Callis in the bio graphical drama ahead of the event Jolie paid tribute to callus by attending a photo call wearing a cardier pan air pin that belonged to the legendary soprano I chose not to copy Maria's looks because they are hers and her Venice carpets were stunning so I gave a little nod to her in a different way she told Vogue adding you can imagine how special it was to wear a piece of jewelry that was hers the humanitarian also honored her memory earlier in the day by wearing a brown Grecian style sa lauron gown that nodded to callus on stage costumes with its draped Style her well-received performance has already inspired Oscar buzz according to several outlets like Variety in the New York Times in 2000 Jolie won the Best Supporting Oscar for her role in Girl Interrupted 9 years later she received an Academy Award nomination for best actress for her role in the 2008 crime drama Changeling