Diamantino
Canal Sur Televisión / Kino Lorber (2016)
Comedy, Experimental/Avant-Garde/Art House, Queer Themes/Interest, Satire, TV Movie
In Collection
#1685
8*
Seen ItYes
(11/4/2019 Home)
738329239862
IMDB   8.5
93 mins Spain / English
Amazon $ 
Alejandro Albarracín Diamantino
Gonzalito Crespo Almagro Niño
Isabel Ampudia Doña Ana Velasco
Teresa Arbolí Doña Petra
David Arnaiz Andrés
Pilar Astola Jornalera
Jacinto Bobo Juan
Manolo Caro Criatura
José Chaves Miguel
Víctor Clavijo Guardia civil Osuna
Mariana Cordero Madre Diamantino
Antonio Dechent Capitán Luque
Maria Espejo Lola Cintado
Cesáreo Estébanez Cesáreo Estébanez
Samuel Galiardo Rafael Montes
Adrían Gutiérrez Manolito Velasco
Sebastian Haro
Mercedes Hoyos Carmen La Vita
Anmi Lamar Manolo Velasco
Daniel Mantero Enrique Priego
Ivan Massagué Encargado Figueras
Darío Paso Esteban Tabares
F.M. Poika Patrón Beziers
Javier Pulido Mesa
Alvaro Pérez Pepe Aguilar
Sebastian Haro Matías
Director/Choreographer
Jesús Ponce
Producer Pilar Crespo
Luis B. Álvarez
Writer/Composer Jesús Ponce
Sergio Crespo
Cinematography David Barrio Calderón
Music Juan Cantón


Diamantino (Carloto Cotta), the world's premiere soccer star, loses his special touch and ends his career in disgrace. Searching for a new purpose, he sets out on a delirious odyssey -- in which he must confront neo-fascism, the refugee crisis, genetic modification, and abuse at the hands of his evil twin sisters -- all part of a deranged hunt for the source of genius.
Edition Details
Release Date 2019
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 10/30/2019
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon
Purchase Price $21.61
Order Order# 112-6505822-2028241
Tags fantasy, savant, sports
Links +9 Review: QueerGuru (QueerGuru February 27th, 2019)
+3/4 Review: Roger Ebert (Peter Sobczynski May 24, 2019)
IMDB
References
Lists ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
QueerGuru Rating 9
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021) 86
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021) 110

Notes
Diamantino is a soccer (football) savant-otherwise a dimwit. He is a Portuguese national hero until he fails to make a relatively straight forward penalty goal at an important game. He resigns from the sport, and becomes part of a weird political plot to separate Portugal from the European Union and create a fascist state, of which he is oblivious.
"Admittedly, a film like this may not be to all tastes, but those with a taste for the silly and the strange should get a kick out of it." [Peter Sobczynski at Roger Ebert.]