Last night we watched a black and white movie in french……..
Ah non.
Not The Artist (bravo! Oscars!)
But Angel-a from the glorious quirky and brilliant and open-soul Luc Besson.
It’s about kindness.
And – as it’s Luc Besson – pimps and 6ft angels on bridges and debts and drowning and a delicious romp around Paris par nuit…….
One of those movies that changes you.
divine.
Literally.
And the unearthly Rie Rasmussen is GLORIAous.
Or at least gloria’s Very Tall Danish Cousin.
About teamgloria
I used to make my living from writing. And then it all stopped and so I went and did something else, part of which entailed a whole new look from Brooks Brothers (it wasn’t really me, but it was necessary). But a decade later I started to write again (during nights and weekends and frustrated lunch-times and long haul business travel) and one of the things I wrote (or came to me – as I do believe in the whole Muse concept) was a character called Gloria.
Gloria was a trainee angel and sat “up there” waiting for her first assignment. To occupy the hours she should have been studying humans and their foibles, she spent her time enjoying the new celestial movies-on-demand channel and became obsessed by Doris Day. So you can imagine the drama that unfolded when she came to Earth. Quite a shock to the system. But Gloria was determined to see Manhattan through the eyes of a vintage Doris Day movie and something magical started to happen – to me too.
Because I started to do the same thing and life became easier (and then I got Tobias the tumor which changed the trajectory, for now).
There are a lot of glorious people, places & things that help me get through my day – they make my life great – and so I call them “team gloria” (although they don’t usually know that). So I thought I’d start documenting them, and looking out for new people, places & things on a daily basis, and sharing them with you (whomever you are – do say hello. Oh, and tell me who your team gloria is :-)
This is one I have not seen… Clearly, I need to.
(I have seen the French spy comedies starring Jean Dujardin. They’re a hoot! Delightful parodies on James Bond. After last night’s Oscar wins, now I’m even more anxious to see The Artist.)