Diamantino
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1h 36m
Directed by Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt • Comedy • 2019 • Portugal, France, Brazil • Portuguese with English subtitles
Starring Carloto Cotta, Anabela Moreira, Margarida Moreira
Winner of the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, "Diamantino" follows a soccer hunk as he goes from World Cup superstar to laughing stock. His worldview is further shattered after learning about the refugee crisis and he makes amends by adopting an African refugee – only to find that his new “son” is actually an undercover lesbian tax auditor investigating him for corruption.
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