Diamantino
- 2018
- 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
3.3K
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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.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.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.
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- Stars
- Awards
- 12 wins & 40 nominations total
Cleo Diára
- Aisha Brito
- (as Cleo Tavares)
Djucu Dabó
- Refugee Woman
- (as Djucu Dabo)
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Diamantino's (Ronaldo's) twin sisters were so ugly, disgusting and over the top that I had to stop watching. Terrible overacting too.
..you must be at least as stupid as the lead character of this movie.
Ok, it's comedy; ok, it's allegorical; ok, it's satyrical.
But still, it's all based on the dumbness of Diamantino, and everything is so in your face: no surprises, no plot twists, no emotions.
All characters are one-sided_ the good (and dumb), the bad, and the bad-soon-to-be-good,
The movie made me smile at the beginning, during the dreamy soccer scene, but that's all.
I actually did not fully undestand why the "daughter" had to be disguised as a "daughter", making it even less credible. Maybe in order to avoid any sexual harassment by DIamantino?
Anyway, this movie is avoidable. Best part: the last couple of minutes..
Ok, it's comedy; ok, it's allegorical; ok, it's satyrical.
But still, it's all based on the dumbness of Diamantino, and everything is so in your face: no surprises, no plot twists, no emotions.
All characters are one-sided_ the good (and dumb), the bad, and the bad-soon-to-be-good,
The movie made me smile at the beginning, during the dreamy soccer scene, but that's all.
I actually did not fully undestand why the "daughter" had to be disguised as a "daughter", making it even less credible. Maybe in order to avoid any sexual harassment by DIamantino?
Anyway, this movie is avoidable. Best part: the last couple of minutes..
Im sitting in my couch this very moment wondering what i just watched. The politics of this movie are... wierd. Ig to have a lesbian couple break up just so diamontino (a man) can have a romantic relationship with what in his head is a child boy who he rescues from poverty is an odd (to put it lightly) decision from the directors. The movie would work perfectly without the lesbian (Aisha) turning straight due to dimantinos massive honkers. The exact same stuff could have happened without the need of converting a lesbian, Aisha could've pretended to be a boy indefinitely, she could've said that she was a secret agent saving him or some bullcrap. Another example is the ideas surrounding EU and immigration, i think the movies message is EU good, Nationalist bad? And that immigrants shouldn't die crossing the ocean?
What does this movie want to tell me? So the message of this movie is totally lost on me.
What does this movie want to tell me? So the message of this movie is totally lost on me.
Just because you toss whatever is in the kitchen cupboards & fridge into a pot doesn't necessarily mean it's a nutritious tasty meal. So it was with my take on this script. I suppose no direction/cohesiveness w/giant animated pink fluffy dogs running around (Suppose to mean anything?) can be funny. For the ladies our lead actor spends a lot of time lifting (probably with a large mirror) so that's a positive.
Very weird but also smart dark humour Portuguese movie. They had the strange idea of mocking in a spoof of football player Cristiano Ronaldo while also producing a distopy on a Portugal governed by far right who uses propaganda and genetic engineering to split from European Union and repell foreign non-white immigrants. Strongelly, it worked, although leading role character's dumbness does not convince very much. It is a poltical comedy (more than a sport one) with some surrealist touches (which are in the rich good-hearted stupid football player Diamanino's mind). It does what it is possible to annoy far right.
Did you know
- TriviaLead star Carloto Cotta said that to play a soccer superstar (loosely inspired by Cristiano Ronaldo), he did not take additional soccer lessons but instead worked with a personal trainer to develop highly-defined six pack abs - something Ronaldo is famous for. Cotta worked out for months in advance following a strict training regime and diet that had him eating almost no carbs. He noted, "It is very hard to get abs like that." But the training paid off and the film-makers complimented Cotta for achieving the shredded physique of a soccer star. In the film, Cotta constantly appears shirtless and shows off his abs, much like the soccer star he is based on.
- SoundtracksNorthern Lights
Performed by Phoenix Chorale
Conducted by Charles Bruffy
Composed by Ola Gjeilo
(P) Chandos Records Ltd CHAN 5100
© Walton Music Corp
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $70,088
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,412
- May 26, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $235,041
- Runtime
- 1h 36m(96 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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