Diamond is a modern-day noir set in Los Angeles, starring Andy Garcia as Joe Diamond, a private investigator built as a detailed homage to 1940s Bogart and Bacall. The character’s speech, fedora, convertible, and attitudes shape the film’s tone. Joe becomes entangled in a case after going viral for rescuing flamingos and being hired by Sharon Cobbs, the wife of a murdered billionaire, who claims she has been framed. The investigation brings him into conflict with a local cop, banter with a bartender, meals with a coroner, and flirtation with a femme fatale. Joe also experiences night terrors tied to a past tragedy that may connect to his gumshoe life.
"Andy Garcia was last at the Cannes Film Festival back in 2007 to promote Ocean's Thirteen and before that, in 1995, for Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. He's here this year as the writer, director, and star of Diamond, a modern-day noir set in Los Angeles. Garcia plays Joe Diamond, a private eye whose entire existence - down to his speech patterns, omnipresent fedora, 1940s convertible, and visible disdain for Waymo and TikTok - is a painstaking homage to the era of Bogart and Bacall."
"Much to his chagrin, Diamond has recently gone viral for rescuing some flamingos and has been hired by Sharon Cobbs (Vicky Krieps), a murdered billionaire's wife, to solve the crime she has been framed for. Along the way, he spars with a local cop (Brendan Fraser), banters with his bartender (Bill Murray), eats Chinese food with the coroner (Dustin Hoffman), and flirts with a mysterious femme fatale who matches his freak (Rosemarie DeWitt)."
"He also wakes up in the middle of the night crying over a tragedy from his past that may be linked to his propensity for gumshoeing around L.A. in a full suit. The film is playful and sweet and clearly close to Garcia's heart: He has been working on the screenplay for 15 years, getting a lot of rejections along the way. Diamond marks his third time as a director. He made the 1993 documentary Cachao ... Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos and 2005's The Lost City, and when we meet up on a sunny rooftop to talk about the new film, his delight is palpable."
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