Diamantino (2018)

Directed by

Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt

Genre

comedy drama, association football film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Brazil, Portugal, France

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soccer star loses his skills and his career collapses. He then goes on a bizarre journey that touches on politics, refugees, and genetic science.

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What happens

Diamantino is a 2018 science fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt. The film stars Carloto Cotta as premier association football star Diamantino, who loses his special touch and ends his career in disgrace. Searching for a new purpose, the international icon sets on a delirious odyssey where he confronts neo-fascism, the refugee crisis, genetic modification and the hunt for the source of genius. A co-production between Portugal, France, and Brazil, the film had its world premiere in the Critics' Week section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prize. It was released theatrically in France on 28 November 2018, in Brazil on 20 December 2018, and in Portugal on 4 April 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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