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‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Agathe Riedinger’s Debut Empathetically Tracks A Young Woman’s Desperate Pursuit Of Fame – Cannes Film Festival
Agathe Riedinger’s debut feature movie Wild Diamond approaches her subject -- a young woman desperately seeking fame -- with remarkable empathy.
“Hater says I’m superficial,” muses one of the TikTok influencers who rule the version of the world that obsesses 19-year-old Liane in Agathe Riedinger ’s Cannes Competition entry Wild Diamond( Diamant Brut). Maybe not, but there aren’t many prospects for young women like her fan Liane (Malou Khebizi), whose adeptness at facial contouring, applying diamantés to her towering shoes and blowing kisses to her 50,000-and-counting followers are not generally regarded as marketable skills. Title: Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut) Festival: Cannes (Competition) Director-screenwriter: Agathe Riedinger Cast: Malou Khebizi, Andréa Bescond, Idir Azougli, Ashley Romano Sales agent: Pyramide International Running time: 1 hr 43 min
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