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''Diamond Tongues'' is a 2015 Canadian
comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
film directed by
Pavan Moondi Pavan Moondi (born August 21, 1985) is a Canadians, Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.Barry Hertz"Why Sundowners – the kind of Cancon the industry needs – was so hard to get made" ''The Globe and Mail'', August 23, 2017. B ...
and Brian Robertson. It stars July Talk band member Leah Fay Goldstein as a struggling actress who descends into a downward spiral of depression, narcissism and cruelty. Goldstein's July Talk bandmate Peter Dreimanis was also involved in the production, as the film's cinematographer. The film premiered at the
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in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2015, and was acquired by
Mongrel Media Mongrel Media is an independent Canadian film distributor established in 1994 by Hussain Amarshi. It is the exclusive Canadian theatrical distributor for Sony Pictures Classics, Neon, and Lionsgate and titles from A24, Amazon Studios, Saban Film ...
for distribution in Canada and by Factory 25 for the United States. It had a limited theatrical release in Canada on August 7, 2015.


Cast


Release


Critical reception

On review aggregation website
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, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 7.8/10. On
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, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Norman Wilner of '' Now'' calls the script "sharp and thoughtful." ''
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s Frank Scheck praises the film as "a vivid depiction of the city's arts scene," adding, "with the soundtrack consisting of songs by such indie rock bands as Islands and Broken Social Scene adding greatly to the overall atmosphere."


Accolades

Goldstein was nominated for Best Actress at the
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, held on March 13, 2016.Bob Thompson, "The reel deal; The Canadian Screen Awards have some serious Oscar glow this year, but also have plenty of Canadian content to justify the title". ''
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'', March 11, 2016.


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* * * * {{July Talk 2015 films 2015 comedy-drama films 2010s Canadian films 2010s English-language films Canadian comedy-drama films English-language Canadian films Films about actors Films directed by Pavan Moondi English-language comedy-drama films