''Gloria'' is a 2014 Mexican

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directed by

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, based on the life of Mexican pop singer

Gloria Trevi Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz (born February 15, 1968), known as Gloria Trevi (), is a Mexican singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, television hostess, music video director and businesswoman known as "The Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop". ...

. It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the

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at the

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, but it lost out to '' 600 Miles''.

Plot

The film chronicles the life of one of Latin America's biggest pop icons,

. The film opens with Gloria at an audition for the popular music composer, Sergio Andrade. She impresses Andrade and earns a spot as a member of the Mexican pop group ''Boquitas Pintadas''. The group fails to achieve much fame, but Sergio notices Gloria's potential as a solo artist, and grooms her as such from then on. Gloria quickly becomes a huge success all over Latin America, but her career comes to a screeching halt when she is found in the middle of a controversial sex scandal.

Cast

Sofía Espinosa Sofía Espinosa Carrasco (born September 22, 1989) is a Mexican actress, writer and director. She began her artistic preparation at the National Conservatory of Music, and followed with studies at Casazul in Mexico, Claudio Tolcachir's schoo ...

* Marco Pérez as *

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as María Raquenel *

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as Aline Hernández *

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as El Tigre *

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as Abogado *

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as Fernando Esquina * Magali Boysselle as Mónica Ga *

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as Laura * Paula Serrano as Reportera Española

Awards and nominations

Ariel Awards

The

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s are awarded annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexico. ''Gloria'' won five awards out of 14 nominations. , - , rowspan="14" scope="row",

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, , - , scope="row", Christian Keller , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best First Feature Film , , - , scope="row", Sofía Espinosa , scope="row",

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, , - , scope="row", Marco Pérez , scope="row", Best Actor , , - , scope="row", Tatiana del Real , rowspan="1" scope="row", Breakthrough Female Performance , , - , scope="row",

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, rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Original Screenplay , , - , scope="row", Julieta Álvarez , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Art Direction , , - , scope="row", Adriana Martínez, Patricia Rommel , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Film Editing , , - , scope="row", Raúl Prado, Edgar Piña, Juan Carlos Lepe , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Visual Effects , , - , scope="row", Martín Boege , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Cinematography , , - , scope="row",

Lorne Balfe Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and record producer of film, television, and video game scores. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe is known for his composing music for big-budget films like ...

, scope="row", Best Original Music , , - , scope="row", Matías Barberis, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Sound , , - , scope="row", David Gameros , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Make-Up , , - , scope="row", Gilda Navarro , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Costume Design , , -

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gloria 2014 films 2014 biographical drama films Films scored by Lorne Balfe Mexican biographical drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2014 drama films 2010s Mexican films