Italian singer-songwriter Margherita Vicario's directorial debut Gloria! has garnered significant international interest ahead of its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival competition. The film, a vibrant musical comedy, is set in a late 18th-century Venetian female orphanage where a young rebel named Teresa leads a group of performers to challenge classical canons and pioneer a precursor to pop music.
Gloria! has secured distribution deals in nine territories, including France, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Greece, Korea, and Bulgaria. The storyline follows a young underprivileged woman with visionary talent, portrayed by French-Italian actor Galatéa Bellugi, who collaborates with a quartet of female musicians to challenge societal norms and resist abuses by the institution's malevolent priest.
