Nina Menkes
Director
Queen of Diamonds (1991)
Firdaus is 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 interplay between repetition and repressed anger.
Genres: Drama
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Production Companies: National Endowment For The Arts, American Film Institute (AFI), Rocky Mountain Film Center, Menkesfilm
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
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77 min
Oct. 11, 1991
Released
NR