Diamantino

  • 92'
  • Portugal
  • 2018

Everybody wants something from Portuguese football superstar, Diamantino Matamouros: his trainer father sees a champion, his sisters see a meal ticket, and his country sees a hero. But when Diamantino misses the decisive kick at the World Cup, he begins to question everything he has ever been told about the world around him.

So begins the wild ride that is Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s Diamantino, Grand Prix winner of Cannes Critics’ Week. It is in equal measures a shape-shifting fairy tale, a gender-bending romance, a sci-fi-tinged body horror, and an uproarious social (media) satire of modern Europe. Though the film wades through a heavy backdrop of digital misinformation, the refugee crisis, and the rising tide of right-wing nationalism, Abrantes and Schmidt’s light touch tap-dances through these real-world traumas, effortlessly absorbing new textures and tones along the way. Diamantino looks at the post-Brexit era through a funhouse mirror, and within that warped reflection, sees that a better world is possible.

Directors
Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Countries of production
Portugal, France, Brazil
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
92'
Medium
DCP
Language
Portuguese
Producers
Maria João Mayer, Justin Taurand, Daniel van Hoogstraten
Production Companies
Maria & Mayer, Les Films du Bélier, Syndrome Films
Sales
Charades
Screenplay
Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Cinematography
Charles Ackley Anderson
Editor
Raphaëlle Martin-Holger, Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Production Design
Filipe Verde, Abraham Goldblat
Sound Design
Daniel Turini, Fernando Henna
Music
Adriana Holtz, Ulysse Klotz
Cast
Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira, Carla Maciel, Chico Chapas, Joana Barrios
Directors
Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Countries of production
Portugal, France, Brazil
Year
2018
Festival Edition
IFFR 2019
Length
92'
Medium
DCP
Language
Portuguese
Producers
Maria João Mayer, Justin Taurand, Daniel van Hoogstraten
Production Companies
Maria & Mayer, Les Films du Bélier, Syndrome Films
Sales
Charades
Screenplay
Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Cinematography
Charles Ackley Anderson
Editor
Raphaëlle Martin-Holger, Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Production Design
Filipe Verde, Abraham Goldblat
Sound Design
Daniel Turini, Fernando Henna
Music
Adriana Holtz, Ulysse Klotz
Cast
Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira, Carla Maciel, Chico Chapas, Joana Barrios