Gloria Trevi Unauthorized Movie US Release Date: Biopic Written By Sabina Berman Acquired By Picturehouse Opens January 2015

The controversial biopic about Gloria Trevi has gotten stateside distribution and now has a release date. Picturehouse acquired the U.S. rights to "Gloria," a film based on the "Pelo Suelto" singer and will play in theaters in January 2015. "Gloria Trevi’s meteoric rise to stardom and astounding downfall is vividly portrayed in this riveting film about love, fame and betrayal," says Picturehouse CEO Bob Berney. "We are excited to work with Matthias and his team at Río Negro to bring this film to audiences across the US." Written by one of Mexico’s top screenwriters and playwrights, Sabina Berman, the film was directed by first timer Christian Keller. Keller chased down the Trevi’s life rights and has been developing her story since 2005.

“It’s a story about redemption, love and unlove, and how one can lose control of things; it doesn’t intend to scandalize, but it certainly doesn’t hide what happened,” says Río Negro’s founder Matthias Ehrenberg. “Christian has delivered a very powerful movie, well-conceived and well-directed.” "Gloria" is a bold and compelling musical drama told through the lens of the provocative, socio-politically charged music that made her famous. The film traces Trevi’s ascent to stardom in the ‘80s and ‘90s with her manager and then husband Sergio Andrade, never shying away from their destructive relationship or his abusive sexual behavior and its consequences. It also chronicles her astounding fall from grace in 2000 when she was accused of running a sex cult and thrown in jail to her triumphant acquittal and release in 2004.

In the initial process of the script Berman and Trevi were collaborating, but things turned sour and Gloria has disassociated herself from the project. "That movie stopped being about me when they asked for the opinion of people that have harmed me in the past, which makes it completely contradictory to me," she told LatinTimes. "It's like if they had made the film about Selena and they would ask Yolanda Saldivar's opinion. They are obviously going to tell the story that protects them. Through my means, people will know that's not a real story. But don't think I am cutting my veins because of that, if they talk about me they will make me a legend. Whoever wants to believe those horrible things that they say about me, should be scared. Whoever wants to see what I really do, is cool. They make me a legend... not just anybody get films made about their lives."