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A film director gathers his favorite actresses, those he worked with and those he loved. He wants to make a film about women but he doesn't reveal much: he observes them, takes cue, until his imaginary throw them into another era, in a past where the noise of the sewing machines fills a workplace handled and populated by women, where men have minor and marginal roles and cinema can be told from another point of view: the one of costume. Between loneliness, passions, anxieties, heartbreaking absence and unbreakable bonds, reality and fiction permeate, as well as the lives of the actresses and those of the characters, the competition and the sisterhood, the visible and the invisible.

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Luisa Blacker

Little White Lies

Apr 16

3/5

If you manage to turn off your brain a little and scoff at the director’s delusions of grandeur, Diamanti is a feast.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Apr 15

4/5

The film runs for 135 minutes, but the script is so breathless it never feels draggy and Özpetek gets excellent results with his stacked cast.

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

17h

1/5

Formulaic, cheesy, and unexciting on every front, Diamonds explores the behind-the-scenes world of cinema in a soap-opera-like fashion that feels both predictable and uninspired.

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Film Threat

1d

9/10

I just didn’t see the need to break the verisimilitude of such a rich main narrative with constant pullbacks of the curtain. However, when the true purpose of the self-referential parts comes to light, it is pure cinema magic.

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Markie Robson-Scott

The Arts Desk

Apr 20

3/5

Diamanti is a fine piece of ensemble acting. But Özpetek’s appearance in the last scene is self-indulgent and unwelcome - he should have left the final word to the vaginodrome.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Apr 16

5/5

From its meta-framing device and referential sight gags to warmly involving personal connections, this is pure cinematic joy, nodding to specific classic movies while celebrating the fine art of costume design.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 6d

Funny in 2.25 hours.

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Cinephile B

@runa.r 05/23/2025

It’s a good, well-structured film that’s enjoyable to watch. However, it touches on a theme that’s already been explored to some extent — that of a haute couture atelier, marked by a high level of pressure and exacting standards among the team working there.

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Miki M

@RT89041976 04/25/2025

Abbastanza bello e sicuramente da vedere, ma, a mio avviso, non è il suo miglior film.

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Synopsis

A film director gathers his favorite actresses, those he worked with and those he loved. He wants to make a film about women but he doesn't reveal much: he observes them, takes cue, until his imaginary throw them into another era, in a past where the noise of the sewing machines fills a workplace handled and populated by women, where men have minor and marginal roles and cinema can be told from another point of view: the one of costume. Between loneliness, passions, anxieties, heartbreaking absence and unbreakable bonds, reality and fiction permeate, as well as the lives of the actresses and those of the characters, the competition and the sisterhood, the visible and the invisible.

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Producer: Marco Belardi, Tilde Corsi
Screenwriter: Ferzan Ozpetek, Carlotta Corradi, Elisa Casseri
Distributor: Outsider Pictures
Production Co: GreenBoo Production, Ministero della Cultura (MiC), Faros Film, Vision Distribution
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): May 15, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 2h 15m