ALLELUIA
synopsis
Manipulated by a loving and jealous husband, Gloria has run away with her two children and started a new life far away from men and from the rest of the world. Impelled by her friend, Madeleine, she agrees to meet Michel through a dating site. The first time they see each other, there is a spark. Michel, the small-time crook (profession: gigolo), is thrilled and Gloria falls deeply in love. Out of fear, Michel runs away, but Gloria comes to find him and makes him promise never to leave her again. She is ready to do anything to salvage this love. She abandons her children and pretends to be Michel’s sister, so that he can continue his “widow” scams...
Alleluia is the free adaptation of a news item that shook the United States from 1947 to 1949; the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, or how a young nurse and a swindler, small-time gigolo, will fall into a deadly tragedy.
international title: | Alleluia |
original title: | Alléluia |
country: | Belgium, France |
sales agent: | SND (Société Nouvelle de Distribution) International - Groupe M6 |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Fabrice du Welz |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | BE 12/11/2014, FR 26/11/2014 |
screenplay: | Fabrice du Welz, Vincent Tavier |
cast: | Laurent Lucas, Lola Dueñas, Héléna Noguerra, David Murgia, Stéphane Bissot, Renaud Rutten, Philippe Résimont |
cinematography by: | Manuel Dacosse |
film editing: | Anne-Laure Guégan |
art director: | Manu de Meulemeester |
costumes designer: | Christophe Pidré, Florence Scholtes |
producer: | Clément Miserez, Vincent Tavier, Matthieu Warter |
co-producer: | Mathieu Bardou, Bart Van Langendonck |
production: | Panique, One Eyed, Savage Film, Radar Films |
backing: | Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Wallimage, VAF, BE TV, Canal + |
distributor: | SND (Société Nouvelle de Distribution) Films, O'Brother Distribution, Carlotta Films |