What is it about?
In Gloria (2013) and the faithful English-language remake Gloria Bell (2018), Chilean director Sebastián Lelio illustrates how urban interconnections are tenuous. Gloria’s city is alienating. She experiences abandonment and loneliness and copes with a sense of isolation through dancing and a bright wardrobe (which she uses to perform).
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Why is it important?
Gloria's loneliness in Lelio's films is akin to the isolation of a pandemic. Gloria attempts to connect with her children but they seem unreachable. At the same time, she is resilient and keeps on going.
Perspectives
Lelio portrays Gloria as a mature woman who hopes and wishes to have a fulfilling life. My desire was to analyse and reveal how she copes with the harshness of everyday life in a big city.
Patricia Vilches
Lawrence University
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This page is a summary of: A portrait of the urban female: Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria and Gloria Bell, Studies in Spanish & Latin-American Cinemas, September 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/slac_00055_1.
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