The 2018 movie Gloria Bell is a profound study of alienation and the human longing to break free from this condition, a condition which, as the movie foregrounds, is the dominant affect of life under late capitalism. The theme of alienation, prominent throughout, is initially signified by the movie's title; Gloria Bell gestures towards the isolation of the titular character. Rather than situate the protagonist within a wider social context and network, the title formally presents Gloria as cut off and alone, divorced from human connections.