Gloria (2013 film)

Gloria is a 2013 ChileanSpanish drama film directed by Sebastin Lelio. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Paulina Garca won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

The film received excellent reviews when it premiered at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, topping both Screen International s Screen jury poll of international critics, and IndieWires critics poll of the best films screened at Berlin in 2013. The film currently holds a 99 of positive reviews in the film critics site Rotten Tomatoes, being classified as Certified Fresh based on 122 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.910. The general critical consensus is Marvelously directed by Sebastian Lelio and beautifully led by a powerful performance from Paulina Garcia, Gloria takes an honest, sweetly poignant look at a type of character thats all too often neglected in Hollywood. The film also holds a 100 of positive reviews from Top Critics. On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 83 out of 100, based on reviews fromcritics, indicating universal acclaim.David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter writes its hard to imagine anyone with a heart and a brain not responding to the quiet delights and stunning intimacy of Chilean director Sebastian Lelios account of the personal evolution of a 58yearold divorcee, played with scrupulous honesty and intelligence by the wonderful Paulina Garcia and Funny, melancholy and ultimately uplifting, Sebastian Lelios enormously satisfying spell inside the head and heart of a middleaged woman never puts a foot wrong. ........

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