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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
Oct 11, 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.
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- Nina Menkes
1991 Directed by Nina Menkes. A Horseless Western. 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. Remove Ads
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Directed by Nina Menkes. Menkes’ study of disaffected blackjack dealer “Firdaus” (Tinka Menkes) perfectly conveys the explosive claustrophobia of Las Vegas, where arid daytime landscapes contrast with its deceptively arid (if riotously mediated) interiors, emblematizing a mindscape in which real-world incursions such as the death of a ...
Summaries. 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.
Oct 11, 1991 · Queen of Diamonds 1991. Released October 11, 1991. Runtime 1h 17m. Director Nina Menkes. Writer Nina Menkes. Country United States. Languages English. Studios National Endowment For The Arts + 2 more. Genres Drama. A Horseless Western.
