Wild Diamond (French: Diamant brut) is a 2024 French coming-of-agedrama film written and directed by Agathe Riedinger, in her feature directorial debut.[2] The film stars Malou Khebizi, Idir Azougli, Andréa Bescond and Ashley Romano, and was adapted from Riedinger's 2017 short film J'attends Jupiter.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or and Caméra d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 15 May 2024. It was theatrically released on 20 November 2024 by Pyramide Distribution.
Plot
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The film is an expansion of Riedinger's short film J'attends Jupiter (2017).[3][4] Priscilla Bertin and Judith Nora produced the film through Silex Films.[5]
Pyramide Distribution theatrically released the film in France on 20 November 2024.[10]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 22 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.[11]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[12]