Overview
- Debuting out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Diamond drew a 9-minute ovation in the Grand Salle Lumière.
- Garcia serves as writer, director, lead actor and co-composer with jazz great Arturo Sandoval, capping a 20-year journey from a character he improvised for his daughter’s school assignment.
- The film blends a 1940s detective style with present-day Los Angeles as private eye Joe Diamond takes a case from widow Sharon Cobbs, played by Vicky Krieps.
- The ensemble includes Rosemary DeWitt, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Brendan Fraser, Demián Bichir, Danny Huston, Robert Patrick, Rachel Ticotin, Yul Vazquez and LaTanya Richardson Jackson.
- CAA Media Finance is handling North American sales and The Veterans is representing international rights as distributors weigh pickups following the festival bow.