Remakes and Influences
The film was remade in 1999 under the same title with a screenplay by Steve Antin and directed by Sidney Lumet. It starred Sharon Stone and Jean-Luke Figueroa.
Other films inspired by Gloria include Ultraviolet (2006), which uses the premise of a woman on the run with a little boy and transposes the story to a dystopian futuristic setting, and Erick Zonca's 2008 film Julia, starring Tilda Swinton. Luc Besson's film Léon also was inspired by Gloria, with actor Jean Reno playing the accidental guardian of a young girl (Natalie Portman) whose family was murdered by corrupt DEA agents.. A Brazilian movie from 2009 called Verônica, have a similar plot, changing the main character from a gangster's girlfriend to a teacher, who try to save a student from criminals who killed his parent and are now chasing after him.
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