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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Ole Bornedal
Script :
Ole Bornedal, Jonas Cornell. D'apr�s le roman / Based on the novel: Dina's Book. De / By: Herbj�rg W
Photography :
Dan Laustsen
Editor :
Thomas Krag
Cast :
Maria Bonnevie, G�rard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston, Pernilla August, Bj�rn Floberg, Hans Matheson, J�rgen Langhelle, Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen, Wenche Foss, Anette Hoff, S�ren Saetter Lassen, Kate
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I AM DINA
Northern Norway in the 1860s. In the laundry room of her family's manor, little Dina unwittingly provokes an accident that causes her mother's death and earns her father's hostility. Overwhelmed by grief, Dina's father cannot bear the sight of his little girl and she is hidden away to be looked after by the household servants. She rapidly becomes unruly -- a wild creature, unwilling to speak and unable to read. Her only playmate is the stable boy, Tomas, but he is no match for headstrong, fearless Dina. Seeing the child in a feral state, a family friend, Jacob, pleads with Dina's father to do something, and a tutor, Lorch, is hired to bring Dina back to civilization. The little girl is gradually drawn out of her isolation by a passion for the cello and Lorch's devotion but she remains as obstinate and unpredictable as ever. Relations with her father are frosty and Dina continues to comfort herself by conjuring up her mother's ghost, fantasizing about joining her lost parent in the spirit world. A decade later, Dina's relationship with her father is still uneasy and her behaviour as unpredictable as ever. Despite her own father's misgivings about the difference in their ages, she agrees to wed Jacob. At first unwilling to consummate their marriage, she then seduces him, and Jacob soon discovers that his young's bride's voracity extends to everything life has to offer. Elated but exhausted, he begins to wonder whether Dina's lust for life might not be the death of him..."The film is a radical melodrama about the greatest emotions, told in an idiom that matches them." -- Palle Schantz Lauridsen (Kristeligt Dagblad)
Ole Bornedal
Born in Denmark in 1959, Ole Bornedal made his international breakthrough in 1994 with the thriller NIGHTWATCH. The success of the film led Miramax to commission an American remake starring Nick Nolte and Ewan McGregor, which he directed in 1998. A veteran writer and director in Danish theatre, Bornedal directed the mini-series CHARLOT OG CHARLOTTE (1996) and the TV feature DYBT VAND (1999).
August 25, 2002 • 11:30:00 • IMP�RIAL • CI.25.2 •
August 25, 2002 • 21:30:00 • MAISONNEUVE • TM.25.3 •
August 26, 2002 • 16:30:00 • IMP�RIAL • CI.26.4 •
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