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Nov 29, 1991 · Queen of Diamonds: Directed by Nina Menkes. With Tinka Menkes, Jeff Douglas, Emmellda Beech, Kathryn Francomacaro. Amid glittering casino lights and desert landscapes of Las Vegas, a blackjack dealer called Firdaus ponders the fate of her missing husband while her next-door neighbors deal in mutual abuse.
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- Nina Menkes
- 1991-11-29
Queen of Diamonds is a 1991 American independent drama film directed by Nina Menkes, starring her sister Tinka Menkes.
Apr 25, 2019 · Nina Menkes’s 1991 film, debuting in a new restoration, keeps a tight frame on the accumulating indignities of capitalism in Las Vegas.
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May 7, 2019 · Nina Menkes’ 1991 drama Queen of Diamonds chronicles the directionless drift of a Las Vegas blackjack dealer (played by the director’s sister and collaborator, Tinka Menkes).
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Apr 19, 2019 · Critically acclaimed for her radical feminist body of work, Nina Menkes’ Queen of Diamonds (Sundance ’91) is the second title in a quartet of films (alongside The Great Sadness of Zohara...
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Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes. Subtitles: English. Availability: Worldwide. Critically acclaimed for her radical and original cinematic work, Nina Menkes’ Queen of Diamonds (Sundance ’91) is the second title in a quartet of films (alongside The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), and The Bloody Child (1996)), that Menkes ...
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Oct 11, 1991 · Overview. 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. Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas ...
