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{{Short description|2007 Danish film}}
{{refimprove|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox film
|name        = Daisy Diamond
|image       =
|writer      =  {{Plain list|
*Simon Staho
*Peter Asmussen
}}
|director    = [[Simon Staho]]
|starring    = [[Noomi Rapace]]
|released    = {{Film date|2007|11|23|df=yes}}
|runtime     = 94 minutes
|country     = Denmark
|language    = Danish, Swedish, English
|budget      = $1 million
}}
'''''Daisy Diamond''''' is a 2007 Danish film starring [[Noomi Rapace]], directed by [[Simon Staho]] and co-written by him and {{ill|Peter Asmussen|ar|بيتر اسموسين|arz|بيتر اسموسين|da||de||fo||it||sv}}.

==Plot==
Dark and tragic, the story revolves around 22 year old Anna, a girl from a wealthy family, who is also fiercely ambitious and dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. One day, Anna decides to pack her bags and leave, without telling her mother or father. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. However, when she gets to the city, fate has something else in store for her. Anna discovers she will soon become a mother. Later, after giving birth to baby girl, she tries to chase after her dream, once again. Undoubtedly talented, she has one problem – being the single mother of a now 4-month-old baby. Though she struggles to give her daughter a good start in life, she ultimately fails to unite her dream of acting with a safe and loving environment for her child. Having to take her baby with her to auditions, the child's crying results in Anna not getting a part. Torn between her duties as a mother, and her passion for acting and the need to earn money, Anna is driven to the limits of her patience - with tragic consequences: she drowns her baby in a bathtub. What follows is a downward spiral: she begins working as a prostitute, and under the stage name 'Daisy Diamond', she acts in porn movies. In the end, she finally lands a role, and as part of that role, she plunges into a bathtub.

==Cast==
*[[Noomi Rapace]] as Anna
*[[Thure Lindhardt]] as Casting actor
*[[Benedikte Hansen]] as Instructor 1
*[[Morten Kirkskov]] as Instructor's assistant 1
*[[Trine Dyrholm]] as Eva
*[[Dejan Čukić]] as Bettina
*[[Sofie Gråbøl]] as Actress
*[[Christian Tafdrup]] as Thomas Lund
*[[David Dencik]] as Jens
*[[Jens Albinus]] as Kunde
*{{ill|Thomas Voss|da}} as Actor in a porno film (uncredited)
*{{ill|Lotte Andersen|af|Lotte Merete Andersen|da|Lotte Merete Andersen|de|Lotte Andersen (Schauspielerin)|nl||no}} as Instructor 2
*[[Lærke Winther Andersen]] as Instructor 3
*[[Amelie Thomesen]] as Daisy
*[[Sofie Pedersen Munkholm]] as Daisy

==Reception==
Jonathan Holland of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said that "[t]he first five minutes of ''Daisy Diamond'' feature a smack injection and a rape, [after which], things only get bleaker".<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/daisy-diamond-1200555473/|last=Holland|first=Jonathan|title=Daisy Diamond|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=9 October 2007}}</ref>

Despite a negative review from ''Variety'', the film was selected for the main competition at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] and Rapace won acclaim for her portrayal of troubled teen mother Anna. According to the same publication, "Rapace delivers a superbly committed performance in a demanding role, the actress having to expose herself physically and emotionally".<ref name="variety" /> She won the two top film awards in Denmark (the Bodil and Robert prize) for Best Actress for her role in the film.

Trine Dyrholm was also nominated for both the Bodil and Robert awards for her supporting role as Eva.

The film did receive criticism for the supposed abuse occurring to a baby actor during production.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/WL7yXr/barnmisshandel-kan-aldrig-rattfardigas|title=Barnmisshandel kan aldrig rättfärdigas|trans-title=Child abuse can never be justified|work=[[Aftonbladet]]|lang=sv|date=23 June 2011|accessdate=17 July 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0839773}}

[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:2007 drama films]]
[[Category:Danish drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Danish-language films]]
[[Category:Films about filicide]]
[https://www.diamondsproduction.com/ Miss Daisy Diamond]


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