Jun 17
The Devil Queen (A Rainha Diaba)
Rio de Janeiro's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: Diaba (Milton Gonçalves, Carandiru), a femme queen with a taste for power and violence. When the police come after her boy toy, Diaba attempts to find a scapegoat to take the blame and a plot to dethrone Her Majesty arises! Always clad in gloriously colorful outfits and accessories inspired by Afro-Brazilian culture, Diaba runs a mob of eccentric misfits made up of drag queens, pimps, prostitutes, and queer folks of all stripes. The movie's bold and audacious color palette and camp aesthetic evokes the early films of Pedro Almodóvar, while its stylized and over-the-top violence is giving Quentin Tarantino queer fever dream.
GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING:
No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 50m
RELEASE DATE: June 17, 2026
STARRING: Milton Goncalves, Odete Lara, Wilson Grey, Stepan Nercessian, Haroldo de Oliveira
DIRECTOR(S): Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
PRODUCER(S): Antonio Calmon
WRITER(S): Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
STUDIO: Kino Lorber Films
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