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Portugal, France, Brazil · 2018
1h 32m
Director Daniel Schmidt
Starring Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira
Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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After losing his edge and being forced to end his superstar career in disgrace, soccer player Diamantino embarks on a chaotic journey to find his new purpose, becoming enmeshed in the refugee crisis and a political campaign to "Make Portugal Great Again" along the way.
Screen International by Allan Hunter
You have to admire the sheer giddy enthusiasm of filmmaking friends who are fizzing with ideas and able to make a modest budget stretch a long way. The film has a certain visual allure in its gaudy colours and low-budget special-effects. Yet you also long for them to put all those energies into a more focused, far funnier project.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Barry Hertz
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.
The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
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.
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.
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.
One definitely has to have an appreciation of the absurd to enjoy Diamantino.
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