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Completed - BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH - First film, Black comedy - 96 minutes

Log Line

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.

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Gabriel ABRANTES, Daniel SCHMIDT
Writer(s) : Gabriel ABRANTES, Daniel SCHMIDT
Cast : Carloto COTTA, Cleo TAVARES, Maria LEITE , Joana BARRIOS, Anabela MOREIRA, Margarida MOREIRA

Producer(s) : Maria joão MAYER (Filmes do Tejo), Justin TAURAND (Les Films du Bélier), Natxo CHECA (Mutual Respect Productions), Daniel VAN HOOGSTRATEN (Syndrome Films)

Synopsis

After a series of defeats, in and out of the fields, Diamantino’s football genius starts to fade. At the same time, his father, who was once his great inspiration, his coach and major example, dies. Desperate, Diamantino starts to notice the outside world for the first time, and, touched by the pain and crises of others, impulsively decides to adopt a refugee.

The adopted boy is however the undercover female agent Aisha. Instructed by her boss (and lover), Inspector Lucia, to obtain proof of tax evasion and money laundry by Diamantino, and reveal yet another scandal from the corrupt football world.

Diamantino connects immediately in a sincere and profound way to his new “son”, Aisha – now named “Rahim” – and, innocently, Diamantino is convinced by his greedy sisters, acting along with Lord Ferro, Portugal’s Minister of Sport, that the best thing to do is start an experimental diet, which, in fact, is an attempt by Lord Ferro to try and clone Diamantino’s mind and talent, to obtain a national team of football geniuses.

Production

Country(ies) : PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, FRANCE

Financing plan : Filmes do Tejo II (Portugal, leading production company) / Mutial Respect Productions (Portugal, co-producer) / Syndrome Films (Brazil, co-producer) / Les Films du Bélier (France, co-producer)

AUSTRIA Feb 01, 2019 STADTKINOFILMVE
BELGIUM CINEUROPA
BRAZIL Dec 20, 2018 VITRINE FILMES
FRANCE Nov 28, 2018 UFO DISTRIBUTIO
ITALY I WONDER PICTUR
JAPAN CULTURE ENTERTA
SWEDEN FOLKETS BIO
UNITED KIN MODERN FILMS

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Festivals and Awards

Critics Week 2018 (Grand Prize / Best Film)


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