Crazy Funky US Trailer for ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ Spy Thriller

“This is the brain on cinema!” Shudder has revealed the official US trailer for a wild and, avant garde film from France titled Reflection in a Dead Diamond, the latest from filmmaking duo Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani. It’s finally out to watch in the US soon – streaming on Shudder starting in December after a short theatrical run this fall. When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel is confronted by the demons & darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide. Filmed on the Côte d’Azur in France, a retired spy suspects his former adversaries have resurfaced when his intriguing neighbor vanishes. It’s a peculiar, twisted, heady film featuring all kinds of things going on – mysterious women clad in all black leather, diamond thieves, lots of beautiful shots of the Mediterranean, a woman brandishing a wicked sword. Starring Fabio Testi, Yannick Renier, Koen De Bouw, Maria de Medeiros, & Thi Mai. Reviews explain that it’s not about making any sense of this kooky story, it’s “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.” So have fun. // Continue Reading ›