Diamanti

Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Özpetek celebrates the artistry, magic and theatrics of costume design in his lavish melodrama set in 1970s Rome.

Rome, 1974. A group of seamstresses are given the opportunity of a lifetime when they are commissioned to create the costumes for a sumptuous period drama. With their studio’s reputation at stake, they must work together – through their own stormy personal affairs, bickering disagreements, ambitions and passions – to create something extraordinary.

Özpetek plays himself in a meta-subplot, as a director overseeing a table read for this film – but the real story is with the seamstresses, their craft and their spectacular melodramas.