Gloria (2013)
First screened in February 2014
Director: Sebastián Lelio. Cast: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Fabiola Zamora, Luz Jiménez, Diego Fontecilla, Alejandro Goic, Liliana García, Coca Guazzini, Hugo Moraga, Cristián Carvajal, Eyal Meyer, Tito Bustamante, Antonia Santa María, Álvaro Viguera. Screenplay: Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza. Twitter Capsule:
Nearly what you'd get if Mike Leigh overhauled a treatment for It's Complicated, with facets light and dark. Two ace leads.
VOR:③
Crowd-pleasers devoted to middle-aged women's experiences are hardly a dime a dozen. Not a trailblazer (gimmick of García in every frame a bit arbitrary) but refreshing and skillful.
