ÀMA GLORIA
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny more than anyone. When Gloria returns to Cape Verde to care for her own children, Cleo must learn that love is also about letting go.
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Saturday 25 March Town Hall Doors 10:00 AM | Session 10:20 AM | End 11:50 PM
Director: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq | 2023 | France / Cape Verde | 83 mins | 15 | French with subtitles |
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Cléo lives in a safe and near-idyllic cocoon of love from her widowed father and nanny Gloria but is devastated when Gloria must return home to Cape Verde. Gloria invites her to spend one last summer together. But there are painful lessons as Cléo discovers that the world no longer revolves around her and Gloria’s children need their mother. With delicate and authentic acting from both Louise Mauroy-Panzani as Cléo and Ilça Moreno Zego as Gloria, this film is exquisite. But it is Mauroy-Panzani’s beguiling performance as she confronts this seismic change that is this moving film’s beating heart. Bring tissues.
ABOUT MARIE AMACHOUKELI-BARSACQ
Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq is a French film director and screenwriter of Georgian descent. Her directorial debut Party Girl competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and won the Camera d’Or, and went on to win nine other awards at
other film festivals.
other film festivals.
PRAISE FOR ÀMA GLORIA
“The considerable power of Ama Gloria lies... in its unmatched portrait of one brave little heart.” – Variety
"The tears it generates are real, and there’s nothing better than genuine feeling." - Film Festival Today
Best Film, Gijón International Film Festival
Jury Award, Pingyao International Film Festival
Best International Film, Jerusalem Film Festival
"The tears it generates are real, and there’s nothing better than genuine feeling." - Film Festival Today
Best Film, Gijón International Film Festival
Jury Award, Pingyao International Film Festival
Best International Film, Jerusalem Film Festival
