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- Though the story revolves around fictional characters, the film’s backdrop broadly attempts to depict Sierra Leone during the Civil War. The brutal village attacks, taking of hostages, and putting them into forced labor to fund the war are all loosely inspired by the events that occurred in the war-torn African nation between 1991 and 2002.
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Broken Diamonds is a 2021 American drama film directed by Peter Sattler from a screenplay by Steve Waverly. It stars Ben Platt, Lola Kirke, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alphonso McAuley, and Lynda Boyd.
Jul 27, 2021 · Part of that realism is the acceptance that mental illness can be funny as well as tragic. The central character is Scott Weaver (Ben Platt), a talented and ambitious young writer, planning to relocate to Paris.
Jul 23, 2021 · The romantic notion of a trip to Paris, for self-discovery and artistic renewal, helps an unfulfilled aspiring writer get up every morning in Peter Sattler’s mental illness dramedy “Broken Diamonds.”
Jul 20, 2021 · SYNOPSIS: In the wake of his father’s death, a twenty-something writer sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he’s forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally...
it has a really heavy plot, i found out it is based on a real life story so that added authenticity to the movie itself. it takes mental illness in a (sometimes) raw way, with a decent script w honest dialogues n amazing performances by the cast.
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Jul 22, 2021 · The movie treats illness as a series of contrivances, an engine that keeps the plot pistoning forward, and the result of this approach is a film that feels lifeless, or worse, reductive. It mines...
Jul 19, 2021 · Broken Diamonds is a heart-wrenching homage to the toll living with a mental illness has on families of all kinds. But the film is also a reminder of how love can overcome even the greatest of...
