Diamantino (2018)

A fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.

Directors:

Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt

Writers:

Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt

Stars:

Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares, Anabela Moreira

9 wins & 33 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carloto Cotta	...	Diamantino Matamouros
Cleo Tavares	...	Aisha Brito
Anabela Moreira	...	Sonia Matamouros
Margarida Moreira	...	Natasha Matamouros
Carla Maciel	...	Dr. Lamborghini
Chico Chapas	...	Chico Matamouros
Hugo Santos Silva	...	Mouro
Joana Barrios	...	Minister Ferro
Filipe Vargas	...	Helena Guerra
Maria Leite	...	Lucia
Manuela Moura Guedes	...	Gisele
Djucu Dabo	...	Refugee Woman
Leandro Vieira	...	Goalkeeper
Vitor Alves da Silva	...	Football Announcer (voice)
Elisabete Pedreira	...	TV Reporter (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | male frontal nudity | skinny dipping | female frontal nudity | soccer | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

M/14

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the football/soccer game scenes where Diamantino is playing for Portugal, the Portuguese flag shown on the stadium screens is not the real flag, but instead an old version of it. The half blue half white flag with the coat of arms centered, as shown on the film, was used from 1830 until the end of the Portuguese monarchy and establishment of the Portuguese Republic in 1910, when the current green and red flag was introduced. However, the flag of the autonomous region of Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the mid-Atlantic where Diamantino is supposed to be from, based on his accent, is in fact half blue half white, with not a coat of arms but a bird typical of the islands centered on it, as shown on the jersey Diamantino wears while playing.

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Soundtracks

I Love You Always Forever
Written by Donna Lewis
Performed by Donna Lewis

User Reviews

A Farce, not a a particularly good one

There are elements that showed promise: football and celebrity cult manipulation most of all (using a Cristiano Ronaldo-like clone; bad accent and family issues included). Especially if you happen to be Portuguese, but, of course, most viewers won't be. The production values are above average for what you'd expect, however the plot wanders, "serious" issues get lost, some of the acting is quite bad (a good turn from the protagonist and his evil twin sisters, though), and it is never as funny as it seems to think it is. In short: it's not great as a farce, and its not resolutely and wholeheartedly bad enough to be camp.

Details

Country:

Portugal France Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

4 April 2019 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Diamantino

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,412, 26 May 2019

Gross USA:

$70,088

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$235,041

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maria & Mayer, Les Films du Bélier, Syndrome Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1