I Am Dina (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.4/10   

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Escritores:

Ole Bornedal (writer)
Jonas Cornell (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 marzo 2002 (Norway)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

This is my story

Plot:

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death...

Plot Keywords:

Norway | 1860s | Accounting | Female Domination | Dream Like

Premios:

9 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A romantic story

Reparto

Maria Bonnevie	...	Dina
Gérard Depardieu	...	Jacob
Christopher Eccleston	...	Leo Zhukovsky
Pernilla August	...	Hjertrud, Dina's Mother
Bjørn Floberg	...	Edvard, Dina's Father
Hans Matheson	...	Tomas
Amanda Jean Kvakland	...	Little Dina
Jørgen Langhelle	...	Anders
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Niels
Anette Hoff	...	Dagny
Søren Sætter-Lassen	...	Lorch
Kate Hardie	...	Stine
Bodil Udsen	...	Olivia
Wenche Foss	...	Mistress Karen
Kristin Kajander	...	Tela

También conocida como:

Jeg er Dina (Denmark) (Norway)
Dina (France)
Dina - Meine Geschichte (Alemania)
Ich bin Dina (Alemania)
Jag är Dina (Sweden)

Duración:

125 min | Canada:122 min (DVD version)

País:

Sweden | France | Norway | Alemania | Denmark

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG (DVD rating) (cut) | Singapore:R(A) | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:R-18 | Germany:16 | Canada:AA

Locaciones de Filmación:

Kjerringøy, Bodø, Nordland, Norway

Compañía:

ApolloMedia

Trivialidades:

Co-star Gérard Depardieu brought 500 bottles of wine from his own farm and winery to the location in Kjerringøy (northern Norway) "to keep the spirits up", as he himself put it.

Citas:

Dina's Father: He's to be called Jacob of course?
Dina: No, he's not. He's to be called Benjamin.
Dina's Father: Benjamin? Nobody in our family has ever been called "Benjamin".
Dina: You can brawl all you like, it will be as I say.

Banda de Sonido:

Dina

A romantic story

"I am Dina" tells us a romantic story, which takes place in the romantic era of Europe.

When I'm saying romantic, I think of the the original meaning of the word, which means something like: emotions at a cosmic scale and importance.

Dina is a joyful child, until a truly unfortunate accident, which scars her soul for eternity, and makes her grow up to be a very troubled woman. On the other hand, she is beautiful, and witty, so men find her very attracting. Now she has to choose herself a man, and a life.

I've always been in trouble with the typical romantic setting (and this film is a fine example for that), for mostly it makes the most illogical (yet, stereotypical) plots, and the best acting performances come together in a film.

And that's the exact same case here. Characters in this movie are endlessly ruining each others life, just because they feel like it. They never think. Never learn. They're all passionate, stubborn, selfish, arrogant people, with a high emotional level, and absolute no sense of reality. And that's what it makes all performances very strong, yet very melodramatic. And since it's a pretty long movie, all this kind of approach, and all the suffering gets a bit too much, too overreacted, and too monotone as the movie flows, and you find yourself waiting for the end.

But technically, this film is flawless. That's the way it should go. Only a bit shorter maybe.

(I didn't have any problems with the accents of various actors. And since American dubbing voices for foreign movies mostly turn out to be failures, I think this is the best way they could execute this film)