SnoopyStyle Gloria Cumplido (Paulina García) is a 58-year-old divorcée. She's generally friendly but deeply lonely. She does yoga. She goes to a dance club for older folks. She meets Rodolfo Fernández (Sergio Hernández) and immediately gets into a passionate sexual relationship. He refuses to let her meet his family. At her son's birthday dinner, he sneaks out without telling her. She is devastated and breaks up with him. She's diagnosed with glaucoma. She eventually tries again with Rodolfo but this time, he walks out on her at a restaurant while on vacation.The most compelling aspect of this movie is that old people get naked and have single people sex. I guess that's unusual in the movie world. Gloria has a compelling long road of self discovery in this movie. Paulina García plays it a little too understated for my taste. I would have liked her to be more explosive and more urgent. The movie is generally slow and quiet. There are some sly humor but nothing that is laugh worthy. Also what's the deal with Rodolfo? It's the most confounding weird idiocy that he keeps walking out on her. If I was her, I would be wondering if he's delirious or suffered a head injury. I just don't get Rodolfo.

akash_sebastian 'Gloria' is a simple, charming and thought-provoking movie. Going through the last stage of life without a partner, to share it with, can be a really tedious and sad journey. This is the story of the daily life of a divorced mother-of-two, whose children are already settled in their life. She visits clubs, house gatherings, etc., all in the search of a decent and suitable man with whom she can spend the rest of her life with. Not only is it a tiring thing to do at that point of your life, but because of the person's maturity and experience in life, the person won't settle for someone random just for the sake of it.The movie might seem quite simple to many, and it is, in many ways. But the subtle way in which the humour, joy, and sadness are shown keeps you intrigued till the end, and makes you wish that you or anyone you love doesn't have to go through such a phase.It's Paulina García's acting as titular character that holds the movie together' Gloria's intelligence, perseverance and dignity shine through radiantly through Miss Garcia.

Red-125 Gloria (2013/II) is a Chilean movie co-scripted and directed by Sebastián LelioPaulina García portrays Gloria, a divorced middle-aged woman who is free to live the lifestyle she desires. She likes to go to dance clubs after work, and, if a man shows interest, she's happy to respond.Gloria does, indeed, meet a man. He appears to be perfect for her--handsome, divorced, the right age, and the right background. However, complications arise.This is an excellent movie because Paulina García is the perfect actor for the role. Her acting ability is wonderful. Although Gloria is quite attractive, she's in her fifties, and looks it. Apparently, Ms. García hasn't gone the Hollywood route of multiple plastic surgeries. She's an attractive 53-year-old woman playing an attractive 53-year-old woman. That makes the film both interesting and believable. We saw this movie in a theater, but it will work well on DVD. (It's a film about interpersonal relationships, not scenic grandeur or spectacular effects.) The movie has an IMDb rating of 7.0, which isn't bad, but which isn't great. Don't be deterred by the rating. This is definitely a film that's worth seeing!

maurice yacowar In Sebastian Lelio's Gloria the heroine is a fiftyish Chilean divorcée who has an indomitable sense of life, self and joy. At first Gloria (Pauline Garcio) is out dancing, looking for a man, and she attracts a recent divorcée with her look of radiant joy. The film closes on her exuberant self-celebration at a friend's wedding, where everyone sings and dances to the song "Gloria." The difference is that here she declines a younger man's invitation to dance and instead goes in to dance by herself in the crowd. What happens between those dances is her experience with a rather nice man who is quite her opposite. Where her grown children never call her, Rodolfo's (Sergio Hernandez) two daughters constantly interrupt him with their demands. Yet they neglected him entirely when he had weight-reduction surgery. That surgery liberated Rodolfo physically but he lags behind Gloria in internal freedom. Where Gloria and her children are healthily independent, his ex-wife and their two daughters are completely dependent upon him financially and emotionally — and he seems dependent upon their dependency. "Grow a pair," Gloria sensibly admonishes him.Rodolfo abandons Gloria at her son's birthday party inexcusably but understandably: she focuses entirely on her family, not her guest, when she brings him, insensitive to his reliance on the only person there he knows. It's as if she has no sense of such needs. His second abandonment — at an expensive hotel — introduces her to neediness, as she has to call on an older woman friend to bail her out.Gloria is a remarkable heroine because of her her resilience, her resolve to enjoy herself and her life. Her solidity contrasts to the agonized younger man in the apartment upstairs. To his credit, as Gloria Lelio cast an actor who is not the usual film beauty; indeed she shows the increasing effects of age. The sex scenes are lyrical but clear-eyed, refusing to hide or romanticize the sagging sallow flesh. As an extension of this self-acceptance the film features two starkly white animals, a furless cat and an albino peacock. Gloria comes to accept the eerie cat and takes heart from contemplating the freakish peacock, finding in them a reflection of her own outsider's nature. All three are suis generis. Gloria's personal revolution plays against a political one in Chile. Post-Pinochet the young revolutionaries reject the new society's materialism and greed. They find their country a simulacrum of a culture, not one based on valid values. In parallel liberations they reaffirm their national self and Gloria affirms her own.