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Release Date:
April 29, 1983
Original Title:
Dina e Django
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Grupo Zero
Production Countries:
Portugal
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Dina (Maria Santiago) is a teenager brought up by her grandmother, employed as a housekeeper for a fairly well-off family. Since Dina only has her grandmother, she spends her time fantasizing about her life and reading comic-book love stories -- activities that do nothing to improve her dim perspective of reality. Due to these handicaps and her own inexperience, she gets involved with Django (Luis Lucas), a shady character who decides to use her as bait to attract men and then rob them. One day when both are in a taxi with robbery in mind, the driver gets suspicious so Django shoots him, and so does Dina. She escapes and runs away -- though it seems like she has learned too little too late. This story unfolds against a time of upheaval in Portugal (mid-1970s) when the military government is formulating a constitution and social changes are happening everywhere.
Additional Writing:
Eduarda Dionísio
Art Direction:
António Mendes
António Casimiro
Assistant Camera:
Teresa Caldas
Carlos Mena
Camera Operator:
João Abel Aboim
Dialogue:
Luiza Neto Jorge
Director:
Solveig Nordlund
Director of Photography:
Acácio de Almeida
Editor:
Teresa Caldas
Solveig Nordlund
Electrician:
Jorge Caldas
Pompeu Mourato
Jorge Mergulhão
Gomes de Oliveira
Music:
Paulo Brandão
Music Arranger:
Agostinho Caineta
Producer:
Henrique Espírito Santo
João Franco
José Francisco
José Maria Pimentel
Rosília Coelho
Props:
João Luís
Script Supervisor:
Manuela Viegas
Sound:
Maria Paola Porru
Sound Assistant:
Pedro Caldas
Story:
Solveig Nordlund
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