Voice from cineuropa wrote:
Ferzan Ozpetek deploys a star cast in his dazzling film set in a dressmaker’s for film and theatre, where the fates of its female employees interweave while fulfilling an important order

As often happens with the Turkish-Italian director, there’s also an autobiographical impetus behind this his 15th film. On this occasion, Ozpetek goes back to the early ‘80s when he worked as an assistant director and frequented film and theatre dressmakers, meeting the greatest costume designers, director and actors of the period, against a backdrop of mannequins, sewing machines and fabric scraps. That said, the film opens in the present-day: gathered around the usual, sumptuously decked table is a group of women whose faces we progressively recognise. They’re famous actresses who have all starred in the director’s previous films: Luisa Ranieri, Jasmine Trinca, Nicole Grimaudo, Paola Minaccioni, Elena Sofia Ricci, Lunetta Savino, Aurora Giovinazzo, Milena Vukotic, Carla Signoris, Anna Ferzetti and Loredana Cannata, in addition to new entries Vanessa Scalera, Geppi Cucciari, Milena Mancini, Sara Bosi and Mara Venier. They’ve been called together by Ozpetek himself, who’s appearing in one of his films for the very first time, developing his next work alongside them.

So it is, therefore, that between a plate of pasta, a read-through, and a little playful banter (“so, what are you planning to do with this vaginadrome?”), we’re catapulted back to 1974, inside the walls of a splendid dressmaker’s directed by two diametrically opposed sisters, one of them determined and slightly despotic, the other more fragile and tormented, played by Luisa Ranieri and Jasmine Trinca (the former now on her fourth Ozpetek films, the latter rewarded with a David di Donatello trophy for her role in The Goddess of Fortune [+]). An important order comes in for a huge film set in the eighteenth century: the costume designer (Vanessa Scalera) is an Oscar winner and the director (Stefano Accorsi, also on his fourth Ozpetek film) is incredibly demanding. The dressmakers get to work; they don’t have much time, but plenty to contend with, including a rivalry between two prima donnas who should be prevented from crossing paths when trying on their costumes, at all costs. And each of them has their own problems at home too, whether a violent husband, a tricky son or eternally insufficient funds… But these women are like diamonds: they’re not easily broken.

Diamanti lasts 135 minutes, and the time flies by. The cast is well-matched, the actresses are all brilliant and well-centred, and even the smallest roles add value. Then, there are the dazzling outfits: the film’s costumes come courtesy of Stefano Ciammitti (of Io capitano [+] and the Netflix series The Law According to Lidia Poët), to whom the upcoming David di Donatello trophy will undoubtedly fly. There’s a little bit of everything in the film: humour and drama, sisterhood and competition, grave losses, loves that might have been, secret relationships, and singing and dancing to tunes by Patty Pravo and the unmistakeable Mina… In short, the full breadth of Ozpetek’s universe in its most sensational form, dedicated to three diamonds of Italian film: Mariangela Melato, Virna Lisi and Monica Vitti.

Diamanti.2024.1080p.NOWTV.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-BLOOM.mkv

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Language(s):Italian English
Subtitles:Italian

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Plot:
Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio, Eden Is West) has a comfortable life in Rome as an aspiring writer and a steady relationship with his boyfriend Marco—a life he has kept secret from his family. So when he’s called back to his hometown of Lecce in Italy’s deep south to help run the family pasta business, he decides to finally reveal his homosexuality to his conservative family and hopefully get out of his business obligations in the process. But when his plans are thwarted by his brother, Tommaso gets stuck on the path that he was desperately trying to avoid.

Ferzan Ozpetek - (2010) Loose Cannons.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 48 min
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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English

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Emma and Antonio, married with two children, have been separated for nearly a year. Antonio is living alone in the house where he used to live with his wife, while Emma has gone back to her mother, taking the children with her. Then, one night, a flying squad is called to the palazzo and the police burst into the apartment where gunshots have been heard. In a rapid succession of events, Un giorno perfetto describes the twenty-four hours before this moment, the simple but “unique” life of a group of people who are shadowed every step they take. Camilla turns seven, her brother Aris is sitting an exam at university, Emma loses her job in a call-center, her daughter Valentina meets a boy she likes, the honorable Elio Fioravanti is doing the round of election rallies, Maja, his beautiful wife finds out she is pregnant, young Kevin is invited to an extravagant party, the teacher, Mara, is meeting her lover and Antonio sees his wife for the last time. The stories interweave on the great stage of a frenetic, disquieting Rome that seems to be heading towards tragedy, although the slightest gesture, just one word, would be enough to change the path of destiny. Un giorno perfetto describes a passionate love, separating and uniting Emma and Antonio – with irony, emotion and compassion. It portrays worlds diverse and distant, that then meet, as if in an unrelenting thriller.

Un.giorno.perfetto.2008.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-SiGLA.mkv

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Subtitles:English

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AIDS doctor Antonia’s husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her with a man. Following her newly born curiosity for life, she goes to see her husband’s lover, Michele, and finds a huge apartment that he shares with gay and transgendered friends, including a Turkish immigrant and a prostitute. Antonia is reluctant to tell these people of her relationship to the dead man, but needs prompting to move on to a new phase of her life. Written by Sujit R. Varma

Le.fate.ignoranti.AKA.The.Ignorant.Fairies.2001.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Runtime:	1h 49mn
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Italian 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s

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Language(s):Italian, Turkish
Subtitles:Italian, English

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