Diamonds | Diamanti
Director | Ferzan Ozpetek
Presented by STUDIO ITALIA
Award-winning filmmaker Ferzan Ozpetek returns with this Italian box office hit, a joyous and touching tribute to the costume designers and seamstresses who great craftsmanship bring to life the magic of cinema.
2024 | 136 min | Drama, Comedy | Italy | Italian with English subtitles
CAST | Luisa Ranieri, Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Geppi Cucciari, Anna Ferzetti, Kasia Smutniak
Inspired by Ozpetek’s personal experience frequenting film and theatre tailoring shops in the 1980s, Diamonds features a dazzling all-star ensemble cast led by Luisa Ranieri and Jasmine Trinca, with costumes by designer Stefano Ciammitti.
In the present day, Ozpetek decides to make a film about women and so gathers his favourite actresses for a lunch and script read-through, which leads to his imagination transporting them into another era.
In 1970s Rome, sisters Alberta and Gabriella run a prestigious fashion house, where the noise of the sewing machines fills a workplace populated by women. When an important order arrives from an Oscar-winning costume designer client, challenges arise as the team of talented dressmakers try to fulfill the requirements. Outside and within the atelier, passions, anxieties, and unbreakable bonds intertwine as the line between reality and fiction begins to blur.
A declaration of love to women, to the art of dressmaking, and the emotional power of cinema
Vogue