Diamanti

Diamanti

FERZAN ÖZPETEK
Italy, 2024
135 minutes, Color

Diamanti begins with a dinner party where a director (the actual director, Ferzan Özpetek) has gathered his favorite actresses to read the script for his next movie, which will celebrate women. We are then whisked into that film, set in 1970s Rome. An Oscar®-winning costume designer (Vanessa Scalera) has hired a high-profile shop to create dozens of elaborate dresses for an 18th century epic. The business is run by two sisters, the steely and demanding Alberta (Luisa Ranieri), and Gabriella (Jasmine Trinca), who quietly battles her own demons. So begins a countdown in which getting the correct shade of Mountbatten Pink can cause terror and take forever. Each of the seamstresses has her own stories to tell, and this close-knit community truly celebrates the sparkling glory of women working and living together. Diamanti is a feast of fashion, fabric, fittings, and food to be savored.—Dave Nuttycombe

In Italian with English subtitles