Diamantino

Presented in collaboration with Film at Lincoln Center Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, 2018, Portugal/France/Brazil, 96m Portuguese with English subtitles Directed by longtime collaborators Daniel Schmidt and Gabriel Abrantes, this dazzlingly original NYFF56 selection about a chiseled fútbol star who flees the public eye is a perversely pleasurable sendup of Brexit, genetic science, and the ongoing refugee crises.