Alleluia
Sensuous and arresting...violent in its beauty and beautiful in its violence.
Alleluia
Based on the true story of the Lonely Hearts Killers, Alleluia is a dark and fascinating love story.
Michel (Laurent Lucas of With a Friend Like Harry and Calvaire) is an inveterate womanizer and professional hustler. When he meets Gloria (Almodovar regular Lola Dueñas), she falls in love with him like the others, but more obsessively. Gloria finds her reason to live in Michel. Their relationship is passionate, limitless. When Gloria discovers Michel’s hustling she becomes his accomplice rather than risk losing him. Together they embark on a wild and deadly odyssey. Their unfettered passions will drive them to the brink of insanity…
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2014 - Directors' Fortnight
Winner! Fantastic Features Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor - Fantastic Fest 2014
Winner! Grand Jury Prize - Nashville Film Festival 2015
Reactions
“Two rock-solid performances, gritty cinematography and an impressive mise-en-scene make for a great movie.” - Boyd von Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
“A gripping and poetic study of toxic co-dependency” - Robert Everett-Gordon, Globe & Mail
Michel (Laurent Lucas of With a Friend Like Harry and Calvaire) is an inveterate womanizer and professional hustler. When he meets Gloria (Almodovar regular Lola Dueñas), she falls in love with him like the others, but more obsessively. Gloria finds her reason to live in Michel. Their relationship is passionate, limitless. When Gloria discovers Michel’s hustling she becomes his accomplice rather than risk losing him. Together they embark on a wild and deadly odyssey. Their unfettered passions will drive them to the brink of insanity…
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2014 - Directors' Fortnight
Winner! Fantastic Features Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor - Fantastic Fest 2014
Winner! Grand Jury Prize - Nashville Film Festival 2015
Reactions
“Two rock-solid performances, gritty cinematography and an impressive mise-en-scene make for a great movie.” - Boyd von Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
“A gripping and poetic study of toxic co-dependency” - Robert Everett-Gordon, Globe & Mail
Genre
Drama,
Thriller,
Horror
Runtime
95
Language
French
Director
Fabrice du Welz
Cast
Stéphane Bissot,
Helena Noguerra,
Pili Groyne
FEATURED REVIEW
Peter Debruge, Variety
As if people need another reason to think twice about online dating, the pitch-black cautionary satire “Alleluia” updates the classic “lonelyhearts” case of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck — who targeted single ladies via personal ads, then moved in and stole their money — to the modern era ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 7.17.15 - 7.23.15
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