The Devil Queen (A Rainha Diaba)

Name: The Devil Queen (A Rainha Diaba)
Duration: 1 h 40 min

1hr 40m

3.8/5 (1.5K)

1hr 40m
3.8/5 (1.5K)

Crime queen and drug dealer, Diaba finds out that the police are after his protégé and decides to "make up" a new bandit to turn in in his place. More Details »

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Release Date:

Jun 17, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 40m

Synopsis

Crime queen and drug dealer, Diaba finds out that the police are after his protégé and decides to "make up" a new bandit to turn in in his place.

Moviegoers are saying

A Rainha Diaba emerges as a transgressive Brazilian queer crime masterpiece that critics describe as 'deliciously chaotic' - a vibrant, violent underworld saga where Milton Gonçalves delivers an iconic performance as a gay crime boss during Brazil's military dictatorship. Reviewers praise its unique fusion of camp aesthetics, Tarantino-esque pulp sensibilities, and unapologetically excessive violence that creates what one critic calls 'Shakespeare of excess in the Brazilian crime underworld.'

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Transgressive-Cinema

Queer-Pulp-Masterpiece

Camp-Aesthetic

Brazilian-Underground

Violence-Spectacle

LGBTQ-Crime-Boss

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3.8

RATINGS 77 FANS

3.8

May 27, 2020

brazilian pulp fiction botando tarantino pra mamar

181 Likes

Najma

Jun 25, 2022

O cinema queer brasileiro também tem suas preciosidades 🌈 'A Rainha Diaba' é super camp e transgressor para a época que foi lançado (na ditadura militar). A lenda da atuação Milton Gonçalves simplesmente icônico interpretando uma gay bandida e quebrando sutilmente a…

141 Likes

mari

Que me perdoem Lázaro Ramos e Karim Ainouz pelo seu retrato de Madame Satã, mas Milton Gonçalves e Fontoura aposentaram a personagem alí, não tem para ninguém. E tem Odete Lara mais diva do que nunca como cantora de boate e de cabelo verde.

96 Likes

Adriana Scarpin
Feb 23, 2022

finalmente história de gays trambiqueiras. ninguém aguenta mais só história de gay sofrendo, queremos mais gays assim, gay empinando moto, gay dando tiro etc

93 Likes

𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒊

Jun 22, 2025

absurdamente precioso, deliciosamente caótico. rainha diaba nas escolas!

75 Likes

Thiago Guimarães

Nov 22, 2022

"Qual é a rainha que não pode confiar no seu povo?". Shakespeare do excesso no submundo do crime brasileiro. Nelson Xavier é o nosso Iago. Milton Golçalves é a Rainha que domina tudo e todos com mãos de ferro, com violência e com um sadismo fervente – sempre um passo na…

75 Likes

Diego Quaglia
Aug 29, 2018

The organization of momentum here is done by underlining violence until it becomes explicit, scenes keep lingering with sadistic joy, tension building within such an unsettling ambience, everyone laughing madly all the time, relations of power amidst decadence, the camera…

55 Likes

Diogo Serafim

Apr 5, 2024

queria viver num mundo com essa estética babilônica, a direção de arte aqui deu o sangue

49 Likes

maria eduarda 🕯

Jun 17, 2023

Somehow meaner than even the meanest poliziottesco film? Truly…. be gay, do crime

46 Likes

Liz