Queen of Diamonds

1991 77 min. USA Nina Menkes

Déjà vu: Seven Women

 

 

 

 

 

Director
Nina Menkes

Screenplay
Nina Menkes

Cinematography
Nina Menkes

Producer
Nina Menkes

Cast
Tinta Menkes, Emmellda Beech

Synopsis
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS follows the alienated life of Firdaus (Tinka Menkes), a Blackjack dealer in Las Vegas. This landscape is juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and dealing with a neighbour where domestic violence takes place, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented but hypnotic interplay between repetition and repressed anger.

Format
DCP, color

World Sales-Distribution
Arbelos

Filmography
FILMOGRAFÍA SELECCIONADA / SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 DISSOLUTION
2007 QUEEN OF DIAMONDS
2007 PHANTOM LOVE
1996 THE BLOODY CHILD
1986 MAGDALENA VIRAGA

Copia Restaurada / Restored Print:
New restoration by The Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by The George Lucas Foundation

Notes
Festivals: Sundance, Viena, Los Angeles, Munich.

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