Sexy but Deadly Trailer for Fabrice du Welz’s ALLELUIA

Fabrice du Welz previously directed a wonderful film that went outside the norm called Calvaire (The Ordeal). While I still have yet to see his follow-up, Vinyan, that doesn’t detract me from finding out when he has a new movie. Alleluia is one of two films he has recently filmed. The other being an action film called Colt 45 (hold the Billy Dee). Alleluia looks to be a unsettling view of a couple who goes on a bit of a murder spree. Loosely based on a true crime.

Alleluia is the adaptation of a crime spree that shook the United States from 1947 to 1949. It’s the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez: a young nurse places a “lonely hearts” ad and meets a gigolo who steals from widows.

She falls in love with him, abandons her children and holds onto her precarious existence until the story turns to tragedy…

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From what I can see in the trailer, it looks like more of a modern interpretation. We will report back next month when it plays at Fantastic Fest 2014.