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Alléluia

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Michel, a serial womanizer and professional hustler, meets Gloria, and she falls in love with him. When Gloria discovers Michel's hustling, they embark on a wild odyssey that becomes deadly and murderous.
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Peter Keough Boston Globe "Alleluia" is like "Psycho" combined with "Bonnie and Clyde," with Norman and Norma Bates as the conjoined criminal couple on the run. Rated: 3/4 Aug 6, 2015 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Alleluia is a grotesque masterpiece. L'amour fou, indeed. Rated: 4/5 Jul 30, 2015 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Dueas rescues the project with her feverish performance, the character's sexual hunger generating a whirlpool of gore and perversion. Jul 23, 2015 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Considering its familiarity, du Welz takes the overwhelming onslaught of amour fou and makes into his own brand of magical macabre. Rated: 4.5/5 Oct 20, 2020 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed It's a slow burn that manages to grab you and makes you want to find out what happens to the leads... Rated: 4/5 Apr 19, 2020 Full Review C.J. Prince Way Too Indie Sadly Alleluia's finer qualities prove to be more admirable than enjoyable, as the film can't break free of its old-hat narrative. Jun 18, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Phillipa M Some terrific actors in this movie. Also some quite funny bits. Maybe I wrongly presumed it was going to be uplifting but the ending let it down for me. I felt I was watching a party political broadcast by the nhs party. My friend and I came out of the cinema both thinking ‘what the hell was all that about'. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Great sex can be a dangerous thing! This was really really good. As usual I didn't know anything going into it except that it was a recommended horror, and that's the best way to view this movie. Having everything come at you and surprise you is what made the experience. The fact that it's based on a true story put this into 4* range. The acting is great and you really fall into a trance while navigating this relationship with them. The plot is very interesting. The direction makes the film come across as raw and dirty. It's sad that it's a true story, but that's also what makes it so good... the fact that the action onscreen gets a huge reaction out of you. It's near impossible to watch this movie and not feel some sort of disgust towards the antagonists. If I knew what the movie was about (and hence it didn't surprise me or create suspense along the way) there's no way it's a 4* so keep that in mind. Try to go in blind, then read about it afterwards. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member ....WARNING YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE AS SOMETHING HAPPENES AT THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE........ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member After seeing director Fabrice Du Welz's interesting but rather shaky debut Calvaire, and its close-but-no-cigar follow-up Vinyan, I headed into Alleluia with a fair amount of skepticism, enhanced by the fact that there's already one excellent film -- 1969's The Honeymoon Killers -- concerning the true story of the so-called Lonely Hearts Murders. In the US during the 1950s, a fading gigolo named Ray Fernandez seduced a frumpy, overweight young nurse named Martha Beck; though he intended to swindle her as he'd done to so many other women, the two ended forming a perverse bond. Together they carried out a series of murders, ostensibly for the money (their marks were all wealthy widows). Alleluiah, like The Honeymoon Killers, is more interested in the dynamic between the two lovers than it is in the procedural aspects of such a story. In this film Lola Dueñas plays Gloria, the female half of the pair against Laurent Lucas as Michel, the male in the relationship. The murders are horrifying, and there's plenty of starkly beautiful imagery to be seen, but it's the performances which stay in the memory; even as these two dangerously sick people commit despicable acts of violence before our very eyes, it's impossible to really hate them. We fear what they will do to other people, but it's clear that their love, however twisted and self-destructive, is real. There are a few missteps in the film, but the overall effect is quite strong. Du Welz finally creates a fully-realized horror film, consistent from start to finish, which does justice to his excellent lead performers. The violence, while rather strong, is never gratuitous, and since the filmmakers avoid the fatal mistake of playing it all for laughs, the dread we feel is palpable. There is an intelligence at work behind the camera here. I very much look forward to more from Du Welz! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Dark and slightly uneasy murderous relationship drama that's well acted. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Crazy love. Is there any other. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Michel, a serial womanizer and professional hustler, meets Gloria, and she falls in love with him. When Gloria discovers Michel's hustling, they embark on a wild odyssey that becomes deadly and murderous.
Director
Fabrice Du Welz
Producer
Clement Miserez, Vincent Tavier, Bart Van Langendonck, Matthieu Warter, Mathieu Bardou
Screenwriter
Fabrice Du Welz, Vincent Tavier
Production Co
Panique !, One Eyed, Savage Film, Radar Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 14, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.8K
Runtime
1h 33m
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