Queen of Diamonds
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Queen of Diamonds
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eng
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Queen of Diamonds
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Originally produced by Arbelos Films in 1991
Runtime
76
Summary
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS follows the alienated life of Firdaus (Tinka Menkes), a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus' world unfolds as a fragmented but hypnotic interplay between repetition and repressed anger. Shot with a beautiful compositional rigor echoing Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, QUEEN OF DIAMONDS is a remarkable and demanding masterpiece of American independent filmmaking. Heralded as one of the most challenging and subversive filmmakers working today, the re-release of QUEEN OF DIAMONDS marks the start of a new critical recognition for Menkes' groundbreaking body of work. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at **Sundance Film Festival**. *"[Menkes'] provocative and visually arresting art films hover between experimental and narrative, fearlessly exploring the alienated feminine, the subconscious and violent patriarchal outer realities..." - Selina Robertson, **Sight and Sound***
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live action
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