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
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