Alléluia (2015) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Gloria is drawn to the thrill and excitement of Michel's dangerous lifestyle. After discovering his photos of previous victims and learning about his traumatic childhood, instead of leaving, she craves the adrenaline and attention he provides. This attraction overwhelms any moral objections, and she chooses to remain involved, even helping him target new victims.

Foreshadowing: Early in their relationship, Gloria is described as someone who has long avoided companionship, making her sudden willingness to embrace a criminal lifestyle surprising.

• Gloria
• Michel
• scam
• manipulation
• toxic relationship

Gloria kills Marguerite in a fit of jealousy after witnessing her intimate moment with Michel. Although Gloria claims to be Michel's sister, she has become possessive of him and cannot bear seeing him with other women. This violent outburst marks her first murder and a major escalation in her involvement with Michel's crimes.

Foreshadowing: Gloria's jealousy grows steadily as she watches Michel and Marguerite together, building toward the explosive confrontation.

• Marguerite
• jealousy
• murder
• Gloria
• Michel

Gloria forces Michel to kill Solange because Solange reveals she is pregnant with Michel's child, despite his promise not to be intimate with new victims. This betrayal of their agreement, combined with Gloria's jealousy and fear of exposure, drives her to demand the murder. She hands Michel a hatchet and insists he kill Solange to protect their scheme.

Foreshadowing: Solange's pregnancy represents a breaking of the rules that Gloria believed controlled their criminal partnership.

• Solange
• pregnancy
• hatchet
• murder
• Michel
• Gloria

Gloria tries to drown Michel because he stopped her from killing Solange's daughter, who witnessed the murder. Gloria sees this as Michel betraying her, prioritizing a child's life over their mutual survival. Her rage turns violent, and she attempts to kill him in the lake before leaving him and returning home.

Foreshadowing: This violent outburst follows the pattern of Gloria's increasingly unpredictable rage throughout the film.

• Michel
• drowning
• lake
• rage
• betrayal
• murder

Despite their violent confrontation at the lake, Gloria and Michel eventually reconcile. They bathe together and dress elegantly, suggesting a twisted bond that transcends their attempted murder of one another. Their relationship is defined by a dangerous interdependence where violence and intimacy are intertwined, creating a cycle they cannot escape.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes show them together after murders, indicating their relationship tolerates extreme violence.

• reconciliation
• Michel
• Gloria
• relationship
• violence

Gloria leaves her daughter with a friend to fully participate in Michel's criminal schemes. Her desire for excitement and belonging outweighs her maternal responsibilities. The movie suggests she prioritizes the thrill of Michel's dangerous lifestyle over her role as a mother, abandoning her child to chase the adrenaline and validation she finds in their criminal partnership.

Foreshadowing: Gloria is described as someone who has long avoided companionship, making her choice to abandon her daughter for a chaotic relationship surprising.

• Gloria's daughter
• abandonment
• Michel
• neglect

The ending shows Gloria and Michel sitting in a cinema when Michel notices people with flashlights walking through the theater. The implication is that authorities may be hunting him for the murders. Despite everything, they remain together, facing an uncertain future under threat. The ending is ambiguous but suggests their crimes may catch up with them.

Foreshadowing: The film ends with Michel looking uneasily at the flashlights, creating tension about their fate.

• cinema
• ending
• flashlights
• hunt
• Michel
• ambiguity

After meeting Gloria, Michel appears to stop being physically intimate with his victims, as he promises Solange he won't be intimate with any more targets. This shift may indicate a genuine change in his pattern or a strategic move to avoid complications. However, his relationships remain manipulative and exploitative regardless of whether sex is involved.

Foreshadowing: Michel claims to his victims that he won't be intimate with them, a rule that becomes significant when Solange breaks this promise.

• Michel
• victims
• intimacy
• promise
• manipulation

Gloria's jealousy stems from her possessive feelings toward Michel despite their fake sibling dynamic. Although she poses as his sister, she wants him for herself. Each new victim represents a threat to her connection with Michel, and her jealousy escalates from resentment to violence, ultimately leading to murder.

Foreshadowing: Gloria's jealousy grows progressively throughout the film as she watches Michel with each victim.

• jealousy
• possessiveness
• Gloria
• Michel
• victims

Gloria works as a morgue worker, a job that exposes her to death regularly. This profession may desensitize her to mortality, making it easier for her to commit murders without the typical emotional response. Her comfort with death contrasts sharply with the violence she enacts, suggesting her job has normalized lethal outcomes in her mind.

Foreshadowing: The film opens with Gloria in her routine at the morgue, establishing her unusual relationship with death.

• morgue
• Gloria
• job
• death
• desensitization