Diamantino

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Diamantino, the world’s greatest soccer star, loses his magic touch and sees his career collapse in disgrace. In search for a new purpose, he departs on his own anarchist odyssey, where he confronts neo-fascism, the refugee crisis, the Panama papers, and so many other earthly, real myths. A thoughtful extravaganza about the twilight of the idols, a daedalian fairy tale for adults, an epic with holograms and pink nightmares made with film stock and VFX, which illustrates in a unique visual style the pop schizophrenia of our times.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

Script: Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

Cinematography: Charles Ackley Anderson

Editing: Raphaëlle Martin-Holger, Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt

Sound: Olivier Blanc, David Turini, Fernando Henna, Benjamin Viau

Music: Ulysse Klotz, Adriana Holtz

Actors: Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira, Carla Maciel, Chico Chapas, Hugo Santos Silva, Joana Barrios, Filipe Vargas, Maria Leite, Manuela Moura Guedes, Djucu Dabó

Production: Les Films du Belier, Maria & Mayer, Syndrome Films

Producers: Justin Taurand, Maria João Mayer, Daniel van Hoogstraten

Art Direction: Bruno Duarte, Cypress Cook

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Portugal, France, Brazil

Production Year: 2018

Duration: 92΄

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Gabriel Abrantes

Gabriel Abrantes was born in North Carolina, United States, in 1984. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and at l’Ecole National des Beaux-Arts and Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Paris. His short films have premiered at the Berlinale, Locarno Film Festival, the Venice Biennial, and the Toronto International Film Festival and have been distinguished with a number of awards. He was one of the selected artists at the Bienal de São Paulo in 2016, the Gran Bienal Tropical in 2017, and the Bienal Image Mouvement, Geneve in 2014. He currently lives and works in Lisbon.