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Adored - Diary of a Porn Star (2004)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:3

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.6/10

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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    Reviews for Adored - Diary of a Porn Star

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    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
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    Deborah Young
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    Variety
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    Full Review Source: Zap2it.com | comment Comment
    02/13/05
    Michael Szymanski
    Michael Szymanski
    Zap2it.com

    Federico who moves in with Riki ... only to realize that his brother's butt has had more visitors than the Catholic Church on Easter Sunday.

    Full Review Source: JWR | comment Comment
    11/12/04
    S. James Wegg
    S. James Wegg
    JWR

    Writer/director/actor Filiberti, like his film, is highly watchable. He happens to be extremely photogenic and comfortable at whatever he is performing, even if it's only a dance in a male strip club.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    08/21/04
    Doris Toumarkine
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    08/19/04
    AV Club

    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.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    07/02/04
    John McMurtrie
    John McMurtrie
    San Francisco Chronicle
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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
    Sheri Linden
    Hollywood Reporter
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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.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    05/28/04
    Jan Stuart
    Jan Stuart
    Newsday
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    There are enough scenes here to make even the most jaded viewer squirm.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    05/28/04
    Ken Fox
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Not only is Adored amateurish and mawkish even by the standards of American 'gaysploitation' cinema, it's weirdly shy about showing nudity and sex.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    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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    An unfortunate exercise in ego run amok, coupled with inexperience and ineptitude.

    Full Review Source: Mixed Reviews | comment Comment
    05/28/04
    Gabriel Shanks
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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.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    05/27/04
    Dave Kehr
    Dave Kehr
    New York Times
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    The film's witlessness keeps any satirical potential submerged well below soap opera levels.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    05/25/04
    Ed Halter
    Ed Halter
    Village Voice
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    The story plays more like a young man's passing daydream of offbeat glory than a drama with realistic bite.

    Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
    05/21/04
    Laura Kelly
    Laura Kelly
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    Drips with that element that has turned countless gay films into dour endurance tests: navel-gazing self-pity.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    04/21/04
    Eric Henderson
    Eric Henderson
    Slant Magazine

    [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.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    04/06/04
    Kevin Thomas
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    Los Angeles Times
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    This feeble comedy-tragedy has Sirkian aspirations but never misses an opportunity to settle for being flesh-friendly gay-film-festival fodder.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    04/06/04
    Robert Abele
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    L.A. Weekly
     
     
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