Ama Gloria

Tuesday, 8 October 2024
8pm

Tickets:
Full €7
Concession €5

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Cert: Club

6-year-old Cléo lives in Paris with her widowed father and her beloved nanny, Gloria - her main source of comfort and stability. When Gloria has to leave - returning to Cape Verde permanently to care for her own children, following her mother’s death - she invites Cléo to visit for the summer.

There, Cléo discovers not only a different culture but that Gloria has her own family and that the world - especially Gloria’s world - does not revolve around Cléo. It’s a harsh lesson and one that both of them have to face as the consequences of their changed dynamic plays out.

Enriched by charming animated sequences and a deeply moving performance by 6-year-old Louise Mauroy-Panzani, Ama Gloria is a tender, vibrant drama.

France, 2023
83 minutes
Cert: CLUB
Director: Marie Amachoukeli
Cast : Louise Mauroy-Panzani, Ilça Moreno Zego, Abnara Gomes Varela, Fredy Gomes Tavares, Arnaud Rebotini, Domingos Borges Almeida

The considerable power of Ama Gloria lies not in its take on colonial conscience, nor even in its insights into the complex economical and emotional dynamics of the child-nanny bond. It is in its unmatched portrait of one brave little heart

Jessica Kiang, Variety