GLORIA! / ҐЛОРІЯ!

Aug 23
2 min read

2023 / 106' / feature / Italy, Switzerland

Set in a girls' institute in Venice at the end of the 1700s, Gloria! tells the story of Teresa, a young woman with a visionary talent, who, together with a small group of extraordinary musicians, crosses centuries and challenges the dusty catafalques of the Ancien Régime by inventing rebellious, light and modern music.

Screenings schedule:

August 31, 2026 at 12:15 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Kinoman HallHall; 26 Kostiantynivska Street

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DIRECTOR - MARGHERITA VICARIO

Biography

Margherita Vicario (born in 1988) is an actress and singer-songwriter who graduated from the European Academy of Dramatic Art. During her academic years she wrote the EP Esercizi Preparatori and Minimal Musical, her first album as a singer-songwriter. She wrote the B.A. thesis in Performing Arts on the use of popular music in Brecht's political theater and deepened the study of the Dalcroze method, a system of music pedagogy based on learning musical rules through listening and the use of the body. In 2014, she toured her first concert show LEM LEM — Free Musical Experiments around clubs and theaters. In the meantime,she worked as an actress in films and television series (Woody Allen, Lamberto Bava, Marco Pontecorvo, Pappi Corsicato).

Pursuing careers as both actress and musician, she released her second album Bingo with Universal in 2021. She works with artists such as Francesco Guccini, Vinicio Capossela, Vasco Brondi, Lo Stato Sociale, Raphael Gualazzi, Elodie, Rancore, la Rappresentante di Lista and many others. In 2023, she co-wrote with Anita Rivaroli music alongside Dade and directed her first feature film Gloria! produced by Tempesta, Rai Cinema and Tellfilm.

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