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Reflection in a Dead Diamond

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When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d'Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
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David Katz IndieWire It often looks beautiful, yet that beauty also has an ostentatious quality. Ultimately, it’s a case in point for how an impeccably styled arthouse-grindhouse crossover can feel both dense with signifiers to unpack, but also fleet, frothy and fun. Rated: B Mar 17, 2025 Full Review Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter The problem is that there’s no actual point to Reflection in a Dead Diamond... Kudos are nonetheless in store for a couple who continues to go boldly where few directors go, eschewing commercial or “elevated” genre filmmaking for something stranger. Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Peter Debruge Variety Diamonds may be dazzling, but they grow tiresome to look at after a time. While the “Reflection” duo ensures that every frame sparkles, too few of them make sense. Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film For something so lovely, it is hard-edged, and it sparkles with visual wit. Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Gregory Nussen Screen Rant A continuously shifting rubix cube which changes shape the second you think you've figured it out, Reflections in a Dead Diamond is simultaneously the duo's most easily-accessible narrative and its most academic. Rated: 8/10 Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Martin Kudlac ScreenAnarchy Less concerned with espionage than with perception. The film functions as both an homage to and a deconstruction of genre, layering its self-reflexive and meta-textual dimensions to examine the fluidity of identity, memory, and sanity. Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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DanTheMan 2 A thrillingly kaleidoscopic and note-perfect pastiche of the Eurospy capers of yesteryear, Reflection in a Dead Diamond offers frenetic spectacle for the discerning genre fan. Yet for all its flash, there is a haunted story simmering beneath its reflective surfaces, taunting us with the possibility of a narrative, while constantly refusing to let a conventional story materialise, instead bombarding us with an ever-impressive montage of brutally surreal and ambitious audiovisual spectacle that fuses Eurotrash flesh onto giallo bones. Waves crash, and the drinks fizz. Diamonds, leather and lashings abound. Directors Cattet and Forzani plunge us into an experiential world that becomes increasingly fragmented as the boundary between fiction and reality blurs throughout the film's rapid-fire pacing and incredibly colourful design. Infused with just the right amount of playful gore, wasting not a single second throughout its expansive reshaping of perception, Reflection in a Dead Diamond offers an array of dizzying stylistic flourishes that make it a visually intoxicating, deliriously entertaining and drop-dead-gorgeous adventure, one that is worth its weight in diamonds. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d'Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
Director
Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Producer
Pierre Foulon
Screenwriter
Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Distributor
Shudder
Production Co
Kozak Films
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 21, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2025
Runtime
1h 27m