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Diamantino

Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

25.06 Palace 19:00
Fiction . 92' . Portugal, France, Brazil . 2018 . Portuguese / ST : English, French, Dutch

Diamantino, the world’s premiere soccer star 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 remarkable first film, sailing between genres. Critics’ Week Grand Prize 2018.

STARRING

Carloto Cotta

Cleo Tavares

Anabela Moreira

Margarida Moreira

Carla Maciel

Filipe Vargas

Manuela Moura Guedes

Joana Barrios

Maria Leite

DIRECTOR

Gabriel Abrantes

Daniel Schmidt

WRITER

Gabriel Abrantes

Daniel Schmidt

PHOTOGRAPHY

Charles Ackley Anderson

FILM EDITING

Raphaëlle Martin-Holger

Gabriel Abrantes

Daniel Schmidt

SOUND

Olivier Blanc

Daniel Turini

Fernando Henna

Benjamin Viau

MUSIC

Ulysse Klotz

Adriana Holtz

CREDITS IMAGES

Festival de Cannes 2018 – Semaine de la critique

PRODUCTION

Les Films du Bélier

Syndrome Films

Filmes do Tejo

SALES

Charades

Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

Gabriel Abrantes + Daniel Schmidt - semaine de la critique cannes 2018

The American Portuguese director Gabriel Abrantes, born in 1984, first studied at Cooper Union in New-York and then at the Beaux-Arts. He directed two short films, including A History of mutual respect which won a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival. The same year, he founded his production company ‘A mutual respect’. He continues to make short films and to create Pan ne pleure pas in 2014, which brings together three of his short films (Taprobana, Liberdade and Ennui Ennui). During critic’s week in 2018 in Cannes, he won the “Grand prix” for his latest film Diamantino. It’s co-directed by american director, screenwriter and editor Daniel Schmidt. He received a lot of awards such as a special mention, a special jury prize, a golden Leopard and a directing prize for his comedy The unity of all things released in 2013.

FILMOGRAPHY

Gabriel Abrantes

2010 : A History of Mutual Respect (short)

2010 : Cookie (short)

2011 : Liberdade (short)

2013 : Ennui ennui (short)

2013 : Palácios de pena

2014 : Pan pleure pas (short)

2016 : Os Humores artificiais (short)

2018 : Diamantino

Daniel Schmidt

2010 : A history of mutual respect
2013 : The unity of all things
2018 : Diamantino

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