In this French coming-of-age drama, a young woman auditions for a reality show to escape life at home. In “Wild Diamond,” the ...

'Wild Diamond' director Agathe Riedinger on challenging society's preconceptions of girls who do reality TV – Cannes Studio ...

Diamant Brut Drama Directed by: Agathe Riedinger Liane, 19, lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus in the south of France. Consumed by aspirations of beauty and stardom, she auditions for a ...

In the film, promising French director Agathe Riedinger tackles timely themes such as the hyper-sexualization of women and rape culture through the story of Liane, a 19-year old woman from a ...

First-time director Agathe Riedinger presents social-media and reality-TV stardom as a pie-in-the-sky way to escape a life of poverty in Wild Diamond.

Cannes: Agathe Riedinger's 'Wild Diamond' has little new to say about the toll of fame-seeking despite a truly unique heroine played by Malou Khebizi.

“Wild Diamond,” the feature debut of Agathe Riedinger which competed at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has been acquired by Strand Releasing for North American rights. The critically ...

By rejecting any semblance of scolding, Agathe Riedinger‘s main competition title “Diamant Brut” (Wild Diamond), which otherwise reads as derivative of, well, Andrea Arnold, manages to ...

Agathe Riedinger's Wild Diamond is about 19-year-old Liane, who auditions for a reality TV show (Credit: Courtesy Cannes Film Festival) ...

Four women filmmakers in Competition There are four female directors in Competition this year: Andrea Arnold, Coralie Fargeat and relative newcomers Payal Kapadia and Agathe Riedinger.

In the film, promising French director Agathe Riedinger dares to tackle timely themes such as the hyper-sexualization of women and rape culture.

“Hater says I’m superficial,” muses one of the TikTok influencers who rule the version of the world that obsesses 19-year-old Liane in Agathe Riedinger’s Cannes Competition entry Wild ...