Friday, August 28, 2015

Cinema Clips: Alleluia

Posted By on Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM


Mother of God, is Gloria (Lola Duenas) one of the craziest characters to hit screens in years. Major applause to Duenas, who encapsulates pure insanity as a quiet woman who reluctantly goes on an outing with online dating guy Michel (Laurent Lucas). The two have a one-night stand. Gloria, who isn’t all that quiet after all, wants more, even after finding out she is just one of many for Michel, who fancies himself a regular Don Juan taking advantage of lonely women for their money. Gloria wants in, and she poses as his sister in his schemes. She has a little jealousy problem, however, and starts murdering the women Michel is attempting to defraud. Director Fabrice Du Weiz makes the movie an often uncomfortable one (not a complaint), and dots the movie with the occasional “so bizarre” moments, such as when Gloria breaks into a heartfelt song before sawing a victim’s leg off. The movie is “loosely based” on the Lonely Hearts Killers, who killed women under similar circumstances in the late ‘40s here in the good old U-S-of-A. Duenas and Lucas give us one of the more diabolical screen pairs since Beatty and Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde. Actually, they make those infamous robbers look like missionaries.


Comments (1)

Add a comment

Add a Comment