Diamant Brut (2024)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 103 minuten
Alternative title: Wild Diamond
Country:
France
Directed by: Agathe Riedinger
Stars: Malou Khebizi, Idir Azougli and Andréa Bescond
IMDb score:
6,2 (1.959)
Releasedate: 9 October 2024
Diamant Brut plot
Liane lives with her mother and younger sister in Fréjus on the Côte d'Azur. Liane is obsessed with her appearance and wants nothing more than to become famous. Reality TV could be a springboard to realizing this dream. When participants are wanted for the Miracle Island program, Liane registers.
Actors and actresses
Liane
Dino
Sabine
Alicia
Nathan
Stéphanie
Carla
Jessy
Alexandra Ferrer
Sandra
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
Khebizi makes a stunning impression in her feature film debut as 19-year-old Liane, who hopes to escape her unemployed mother [Andréa Besond] and a painful past by becoming an influencer. She does everything she can to gain enough YouTube followers to increase her chances of a role in the French version of the reality show 'Temptation Island'. Based on the positive feedback at her casting call, she already considers herself rich, but her mother and her friends (all young mothers) hardly take her seriously. Moreover, she feels responsible for her sister (and Mini-Me) Alicia [Ashley Romano]. The only one who supports Liane is Dino [Idir Azougli], who knows her past like no other. Liane initially comes across as the cliché image of the narcissistic Barbie doll and arouses little sympathy, but in the second half we gradually discover more about her past and perceive the vulnerability behind Liane's bravado. Nearly ruined by a lazy, unsatisfying denouement.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14596 messages
- 4552 votes
Another film in a very narrow format. But one in which the visual aspect was the best part of the film. The camera fortunately does not get too close to the skin and this director knows how to fill a narrow image and how to create space. Atmospheric, beautiful colours, expressive images and sometimes pleasantly dreamy.
In terms of content, it was less special. It was really a story that I thought I had seen dozens of times about a family in the lower social classes. All the clichés about absent fathers or mothers, new flings, crime, quarrels within, the younger sister or brother etc. were there. That was a pity.
Debutante Khebizi does a pretty good job, which still makes her role come across well. What I did like is how she comes across to the outside world. Sometimes she keeps it big, but also genuinely feels comfortable by being expressive, but behind that there is a little heart and a certain nervousness - when a boy comes too close she rejects him. At the end she is allowed to go to that program, but you can also wonder how it will go for her there, because she will probably have to cross that boundary of sex. That makes the ending sad but captivating. 3.0*.
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