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NEW NORWEGIAN FILMS 2002

 I AM DINA

DRAMA   120 MIN   COLOUR   SCOPE   DOLBY SR*D


(Jeg er Dina)
Little Dina is the unwitting cause of a tragic accident for which her grief-stricken father will never forgive her. Neglected and deprived of maternal love, the wild-child grows to womanhood torn between her morbid thoughts and a lust for life. Gradually lured out of her isolation by music and devoted tutor, Dina continues to comfort herself by conjuring up her mother's ghost and fantasises about joining her in the spirit world.

An old family friend, Jacob, is smitten, and against the wishes of his grown stepsons and the misgivings of the girl's own father, he weds Dina, convinced that he can tame her. But she rebuffs every attempt to break her will, scandalising her in-laws and jeopardising her own happiness as she flirts with death and with her childhood companion, Tomas, the love-torn stablehand. When Russian anarchist Leo appears on the scene, Dina is at last offered a challenge worthy of her dark powers; to take her place in the land of the living and to love and be loved in retur.

Director: Ole Bornedal
Screenplay: Ole Bornedal, Jonas Cornell based on Herbjørg Wassmo's novel Dina's Book
Director of Photography: Dan Lustsen
Sound: Tom Matsen
Music: Marco Beltrami
Production Design: Steffen Aarfing, Marie I. Dali
Editor: Thomas Krag, Molly Malene Stensgaard
Producer: Axel Helgeland for Northern Lights AS
Co-producers: Per Holst for Nordisk Film AS, Felicia Film AB, Germini Film & Televisjon, Mandarin Film, Apollo Media
Cast: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Pernilla August, Bjørn Floberg, Christopher Eccleston, Mads Mikkelsen, Søren Sætter-Lassen
Release date: 8 March 2002
Norwegian distributor: Egmont Columbia Tristar Film Distribusjon AS
Sales: TF1 International, 18, Quai du Point du Jour, F-92100 Bologne Tel: +33 1 41 41 15 04, Fax: +33 1 41 41 31 44, e-mail: ptz@tf1.fr

 



OLE BORNEDAL made his international breakthrough with Nightwatch, which he wrote and directed; a gripping thriller that took critics and cinema audiences by storm. He also directed the Hollywood remake of the film for Miramax, starring Nick Nolte and Ewan McGregor.
He produced Mimic, also for Miramax, featuring Mira Sorvino and Jeremy Northam. His mini-series Charlot and Charlotte won the Prix Italia award for best television drama. In Germany, Deep Water, which he both wrote and directed, won a TV award for best teleplay. Bornedal has also made a career for himself in Danish theatre as both a dramatist and a director.




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