Everybody Loves Diamonds

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Everybody Loves Diamonds
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Genre
Based on Antwerp diamond heist
Written by
  • Bernardo Pellegrini
  • Giulio Carrieri
  • Michele Astori
  • Stefano Bises
Directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Starring
Composer Ralf Hildenbeutel
Country of originItaly
Original languageItalian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerOlivia Sleiter
Producers
  • Mario Gianani
  • Lorenzo Gangarossa
CinematographyMarco Pieroni
EditorAlessandro Heffler
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time50 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
ReleaseOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)

Everybody Loves Diamonds is an Italian television series directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. [1] Produced by Menuetto Film and Wildside, in association with Amazon Studios and starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Foglietta and Rupert Everett. [2] It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on October 13, 2023. [3]

Contents

Cast

Production

It is based on the Antwerp diamond heist (2003). [4] In July 2022, Rupert Everett, Malcolm McDowell joined the cast, [5] with Issam Dakka joining the cast the following month. [6]

The series was announced on Amazon Prime Video. [7]

Reception

Nadeem Abdul gave the series a rating of two and a half stars out of five in his review for The Envoy Web. [8] In his review for The Review Geek, Greg Wheeler rated the series a 7.5 out of 10 stars. [9]

The series was reviewed by various other media publications, such as Cineuropa and Decider. [10] [11]

See also

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