Diamantino

Name: Diamantino
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Released: May 24, 2019
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Abílio Bejinha, Anabela Moreira, Carla Maciel, Carloto Cotta, Chico Chapas

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Culture Publishers (CP) | Release Date: May 24, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Abílio Bejinha, Anabela Moreira, Carla Maciel, Carloto Cotta, Chico Chapas, Cleo Tavares, Filipe Vargas, Hugo Santos Silva, Joana Barrios, Margarida Moreira, Maria Leite, Vítor de Almeida

Summary: Diamantino, the world’s premiere soccer sta,r 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.

Director: Daniel Schmidt and Gabriel Abrantes

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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IndieWire David Ehrlich

Oct 9, 2018

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. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

May 18, 2018

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. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

May 23, 2019

There are moments in which this film, written and directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, feels like an early Adam Sandler comedy remixed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Read full review

Guy Lodge

May 18, 2018

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. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jul 31, 2019

Sweet, wild, and openhearted, Diamantino is as charming as its muddle-headed protagonist. He may be football's version of a bear of very little brain, but he's the only one with a clear thought in his head. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

May 24, 2019

The results are uneven — how could they not be? — but the sheer weirdness of the whole enterprise has a charm to it and it certainly is never boring. Bewildering, maybe, but never boring. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Jun 26, 2019

Diamantino is one of those movies that looks super fun to make but is mind-numbing to actually watch. Read full review

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