Queen of Diamonds
A Horseless Western.
Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented interplay between repetition and repressed anger.
- Year: 1991
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: National Endowment for the Arts, AFI, Rocky Mountain Film Center
- Keyword: woman director
- Director: Nina Menkes
- Cast: Tinka Menkes, Emmellda Beech, Jeff Douglas, Emmellda F. Beech, Kathryn Francomacaro, Jeffrey Eget