Glorious

Glorious

Year: 2018

Runtime: 107 mins

Language: Tagalog

Director: Connie Macatuno

DramaRomance

Glory, a 52-year-old woman, unexpectedly falls for Niko, a man three decades her junior. Their passionate and unconventional May-December romance begins, but they face considerable challenges. Social disapproval and judgment threaten to tear them apart as they navigate the complexities of their age difference and strive to maintain their relationship.

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1

Present-day introduction

In present-day London, Michael Walton visits his older cousins Walter and Oliver Page to learn about his great-aunt Anne Keyes. He asks for stories about Anne’s fate and what happened to her. This conversation sets the frame for the family mystery that unfolds in flashback.

Present-day London
2

Walter begins the 1939 memory

Walter starts to reminisce about the summer of 1939 at the Keyes estate in Norfolk, introducing the key players and the tense political mood. He explains how Anne, Hector, Balcombe, and Lawrence move through a circle of secrets. Michael realizes the tale stretches back decades.

Summer 1939 Keyes estate, Norfolk
3

Birthday gathering

On Sir Alexander's birthday, Anne hosts a table in the garden while Hector, Lawrence, and Balcombe attend. The elder politicians and family dynamics are on display, foreshadowing the conflicts to come. Sir Alexander and Maud's household seems ordinary on the surface, but it hides deeper agendas.

1939 Keyes estate, Norfolk
4

Discovery of the gramophone records

Anne discovers gramophone records in a shed that reveal meetings and telephone conversations. The records imply Balcombe has been storing sensitive government documents there. The revelation marks a turning point in her understanding of the family's secrets.

Two weeks after birthday, 1939 Keyes estate sheds
5

Hector's death

Two weeks after the discovery, Hector is found dead from an apparent suicide. Anne wonders if Balcombe was involved and discusses it with Sir Alexander. The mystery deepens as suspicions fall on those close to the records.

Two weeks after birthday, 1939 Keyes estate
6

Oliver goes missing

During a family walk, baby Oliver goes missing from his pushchair. Anne searches the lane and suspects her nephew Walter, but the truth remains unclear. Balcombe helps with the search but suspicions persist about who is telling the truth.

During a family outing, 1939 Lane near Keyes estate
7

Records removed, two copies kept

Balcombe removes the exposed records that night, but Anne secretly keeps two of them. The act plants seeds of resistance and danger as the power of the recordings grows in the family’s hands. The cover-up only adds to Anne's paranoia and resolve.

Night after disappearance, 1939 Keyes estate, night
8

Hector's distress recording and interruption

Anne listens to one recording where Hector pleads with Balcombe to stop contacting his parents about his personal life. A maid bursts in, causing the gramophone to fall and the record to break. The break amplifies the sense of danger surrounding the secrets.

Before 1 September 1939 London
9

War declared; Gilbert receives the second recording

On 1 September, Britain declares war on Germany. Anne gives the second recording to her friend Gilbert, who follows politics closely. The next day, Gilbert is found dead from an apparent suicide, intensifying the film’s mystery.

1 September 1939 London
10

The flub that wasn't a flub

While watching a final scene, Anne realizes a supposed on-set flub—where a line changes from 'You should listen to me, Jenny' to 'You should listen to it again, Anne'—was really a message meant for her. The realization confirms that someone was guiding events behind the scenes. The idea of being watched unsettles her further.

1939 London studio
11

Return to Norfolk; Ralph's code name

Anne returns to Norfolk and listens again to the second recording, recognizing Balcombe's voice plotting to pressure and silence people like Hector. Her brother Ralph hints at a covert operation named 'Thin Man Dancing' for their cause, hinting at a wider conspiracy. Lawrence already seems to know more than he lets on.

1939 Norfolk; London
12

Rendezvous and Lawrence's death

Anne arranges a rendezvous with Lawrence at a suburban veterinary surgery to deliver the recording. Lawrence is found dead in a shed filled with euthanised pets, and Anne narrowly escapes, handing the recording to a child to post to Churchill. The danger grows as the resistance network tightens.

1939 Suburban veterinary surgery and nearby sheds
13

Capture, imprisonment, and release

Back at Aunt Elizabeth's house near St Paul’s, Balcombe reveals that the second recording had been made for Sir Alexander. Sir Alexander explains his belief that Britain must seek early peace with Germany. Anne is deprived of water and imprisoned, but Maud eventually releases her while the rest of the family is at the park.

1939 Aunt Elizabeth's house; near St Paul’s Cathedral
14

Final escape and aftermath

Anne escapes during the park scene as the family acts as though nothing happened. The tension lingers, showing the family’s manipulation of events and Anne's survival. The era ends with the world slipping toward war, and Anne's fate remains intertwined with the family’s secrets.

1939 Park
15

Present-day reveal

Walter reveals in the present that Anne died in Canada about twenty years earlier. Balcombe had manipulated Walter into moving Oliver’s pushchair into the lane. Michael, Oliver, and Walter eventually go to meet Michael's mother, and an elderly Anne sits in the park, suggesting a final, bittersweet truth.

Present-day Canada; London park; present-day

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