Diamantino

    Diamantino
    2018

    Synopsis

    A disgraced soccer star seeks redemption but is exploited by a variety of causes hoping to capitalize on his celebrity.

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    Cast

    • Carloto CottaDiamantino Matamouros
    • Cleo TavaresAisha Brito
    • Anabela MoreiraSónia Matamouros
    • Margarida MoreiraNatasha Matamouros
    • Carla MacielDra. Lamborghini
    • Chico ChapasChico Matamouros
    • Hugo Santos SilvaMouro
    • Joana BarriosMinistra Ferro
    • Filipe VargasHelena Guerra
    • Maria LeiteCapitã Lúcia Leite

    Recommendations

    • 91

      IndieWire

      Part B-movie spoof, part handcrafted satire, and always driven by a genuine vision for a better tomorrow, Diamantino is like looking at today’s Europe through a funhouse mirror, and somehow seeing it more clearly as a result.
    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      It’s an utter delight to see that theoretical academic musings on gender, love, sexuality and politics can be packaged and reflected upon in such a jocular and constantly entertaining way.
    • 88

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Part political satire, part fantasy, part I-don’t-even-know-what, Diamantino is exactly the type of surreal concoction that begs to be discovered by unsuspecting audiences.
    • 80

      Variety

      Part loopily queer sci-fi thriller, part faux-naive political rallying cry, glued together with candyfloss clouds of romantic reverie, it’s a film best seen with as little forewarning as possible: To go in blind is to be carried along by its irrational tumble of events as blissfully and buoyantly as its empty-headed soccer-star protagonist.
    • 80

      Film Threat

      One definitely has to have an appreciation of the absurd to enjoy Diamantino.
    • 80

      Paste Magazine

      The sweetness of the film finds an amusing complement in its strange eroticism, itself part of the queerness of its genre mixing.
    • 63

      Slant Magazine

      The film is at its strongest when depicting how Diamantino becomes a tool of politicians hoping to oust Portugal from the EU.
    • 60

      The Guardian

      The film is fun, but, for all its inventiveness, it’s a bit tame, with its nice-but-dim hero. But Diamantino is never dull.

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