Queen of Diamonds
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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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.
Details
Directors
Nina Menkes
Writers
Nina Menkes
Cast
Tinka Menkes, Emmellda Beech, Jeff Douglas, Emmellda F. Beech, Kathryn Francomacaro, Jeffrey Eget, Daniel Villarreal, Perfecto Mangual, Stanley Kolacz, Carolyn Yager, Evelyn A. Goss, Harry Kokurin, Shannon Alexander, Holly Erickson, Andrew Schnierow
Production
National Endowment for the Arts, AFI, Rocky Mountain Film Center, Menkesfilm
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America
