‘Wild Diamond’ Review: A Stylish but Familiar French Debut Observes Perils of Influencer Culture

In Agathe Riedinger's competition entry, a young woman obsessed with beauty and hungry for fame endeavors to become a reality TV star. When Liane (Malou Khebizi), the protagonist of Agathe Riedinger’s stylish debut feature Wild Diamond (Diamant Brut), says that she will be the French Kim Kardashian, it sounds more like a prophecy than a desire. The 19-year-old waitress from Fréjus is obsessed with fame and beauty. She scrupulously saved her paychecks to get breast augmentation surgery. She had a …