Gloria (en)

Gloria
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Chosen in: 

Original version: 

Espagnol

Director: 

Sebastián Lelio

Country: 

  • Chile

Year: 

2012

Length: 

110 min.

Scriptwriter: 

Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza

Editor: 

Soledad Salfate, Sebastián Lelio

Director of photography: 

Benjamín Echazarreta

Actors: 

Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini, Antonia Santa María

Production: 

Synopsis : 

Gloria is 58 and lonely. To make up for the emptiness, she fills her days with activities and at night seeks love at parties for single adults, where she only succeeds in losing herself in senseless adventures. This fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo, a recently separated who is obsessed with her. This relation, finally sends her crashing into the cruel reality of the world. Gloria will have to pull herself together and find new strength to deal with the fact that she’s finally getting old.

Prix: 

Premio Cine en Construcción de la Industria (Films in Progress Industry Award). Festival de San Sebastián

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Director's biography: 

Sebastián Lelio is a director, scriptwriter and editor. His films have been at festivals such as Cannes, Toronto and San Sebastián. He was at La Résidence at Cannes and was awarded a Guggenheim Grant.

Filmography: 

• La Sagrada Familia (2006)
• Navidad (2009)
• El Año Del Tigre (2011)
• Gloria (2012)