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Gloria (1980)

Drama | 123 minutes
3,31 137 votes

Genre: Drama / Thriller

Duration: 123 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: John Cassavetes

Stars: Gena Rowlands, John Adames and Julie Carmen

IMDb score: 7,1 (12.389)

Releasedate: 1 October 1980

Gloria plot

"She’s tough… but she sides with the little guy. And she's out to beat the mob at their own game."

A mafia accountant and his family are threatened by some of his previous 'employers'. He sends his 6-year-old son away with a neighbor (Gloria). He gives the boy a booklet containing highly confidential information about the organization; this should serve as a sort of life insurance policy for the boy after his family will be wiped out. Then a hunt begins across New York for the boy protected by Gloria, but she was once a girlfriend of one of the mobsters and she knows their practices better than anyone.

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Movsin

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Gena Rowlands is back but this "Gloria" is not at the level we may expect and be used to from Cassavetes.

The story promised something but ultimately it doesn't deliver anything special, it's quite unbelievable, with cliché situations and I can't imagine a six-year-old like Phil.

Moderately so.

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Filmkriebel

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You're my whole family!

Yes also recorded on Arte.. a few months ago. It is very rare that this film comes on TV. Found it a gripping film with strong acting by Rowlands. The film has just enough intensity to keep the viewer on the screen. Schippert somewhere between drama and gangster film, but Cassavetes ensures that the fragile relationship between the woman Gloria and the child whose parents were killed by the mafia remains central. Rowlands carries the film from beginning to end and comes across as a feisty lady who can hold her own.

Cassavetes is also a great filmmaker. The street scenes of New York in the late 70s are beautiful to watch, which makes this a period document. Very good film, ideal as a starting point to explore Cassavetes' work.

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scorsese

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Good film in which a boy is taken by a woman when his family is threatened by the mafia. The plot does not matter too much, because it is mainly the relationship that develops between the woman and the boy that is central here. And although sometimes a bit long-winded, this provides a number of fine scenes. A good role by Gena Rowlands, and a beautiful, loaded soundtrack by Bill Conti.

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