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Adored - Diary of a Porn Star (2004)

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Reviews Counted:7

Fresh:2

Rotten:5

Average Rating:3.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The south of France in 1999. Riki Kandinsky and his older brother Federico meet up again at their parent’s castle after their father’s death. They have not seen each other for a very long... The south of France in 1999. Riki Kandinsky and his older brother Federico meet up again at their parent’s castle after their father’s death. They have not seen each other for a very long time. Their father, an Italian, had married into the French aristocracy in order to avoid awkward questions about how he had come into his sudden fortune. However there is not much left of the estate and Federico accompanies Riki back to Rome to talk things over with their father’s lawyers. Federico knows nothing about his younger brother, except that he apparently has no money worries, he lives in the lap of luxury and he has a beautiful girlfriend. By chance, Federico comes across a pornographic magazine containing pictures of his brother. The brothers, who had grown apart over the years, get to know each other again. Then, one day, their lives are changed by a car accident during which a young woman dies before their eyes. During the weeks that follow, Riki befriends Plapla, the dead woman’s six-year-old son. Riki decides to adopt the boy but, once Riki’s profession is discovered, the boy’s grandparents take legal action to prevent the adoption going through. Riki hears the bad news while he is away visiting his brother in France. The next morning, Riki is found dead in his hotel room. Fourteen years later, Plapla decides to make a film about the man who wanted to be his father. -- © Wolfe Video [More]

Director: Marco Filiberti

Director: Marco Filiberti

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Nov 2, 2004

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  • Porn star Riki Kadinsky has been estranged from his family, but when his father dies, he reconnects with his brother. Federico has no idea about Riki's career choice, but after the initial shock, the two become close, with Federico even offering to help Riki adopt a boy. "Funny, emotional and heartrending!" - Instinct. 101 min. Italian w/subtitles.
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    Deborah Young
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    This clumsy, self-indulgent film veers from comedy to tragedy and is told in flashbacks, with treacly diary entries and unconvincing 'testimonies' from friends providing a window into the past.

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    07/02/04
    John McMurtrie
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    Offers a few surprisingly sweet moments but never overcomes the narcissism it's ostensibly deconstructing.

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    06/01/04
    Sheri Linden
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    There is little for an American audience to adore about the film's star- writer-director Marco Filiberti, a breathtakingly self-idolatrous artist who makes Roberto Benigni look like an avatar of humility.

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    05/28/04
    Jan Stuart
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    Newsday
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    Not only is Adored amateurish and mawkish even by the standards of American 'gaysploitation' cinema, it's weirdly shy about showing nudity and sex.

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    05/28/04
    Jonathan Foreman
    Jonathan Foreman
    New York Post
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    A vanity project so preposterous it deserves to become an instant camp hit.

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    05/28/04
    Elizabeth Weitzman
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    New York Daily News
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    Judging by Adored, the Italian singer, actor and filmmaker Marco Filiberti has the healthiest ego in Europe, if not the known universe.

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    05/27/04
    Dave Kehr
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    The film's witlessness keeps any satirical potential submerged well below soap opera levels.

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    05/25/04
    Ed Halter
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    [Marco Filiberti] has lots on his mind and much in his heart, and as a filmmaker displays a Douglas Sirkian flair for finding substance in melodrama.

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    04/06/04
    Kevin Thomas
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