Ama Gloria
Cleo is six years old, has a myopic look and has been madly in love with Gloria, her nanny, since she was born. When Gloria receives a call and must urgently return to her home in Cape Verde to care for her two children, whom she has not raised, Cleo makes her promise to meet one last time. Gloria accepts and invites Cleo to spend the summer vacations on her island. A last summer that they will spend together, in Gloria’s family, before inevitably saying goodbye.
This film feels like a sun-drenched, bittersweet embrace of childhood's fleeting joys and inevitable sorrows. It's a tender, intimate portrait of a profound bond, viewed through a child's innocent yet perceptive eyes, steeped in the melancholic beauty of an impending, heartfelt farewell. Expect warmth, quiet observation, and a gentle ache.
