Nina
Nina is a teenager living in the concrete jungle of São Paulo, boarding with a miserly old landlady. Her life as a Goth waitress/party girl starts to crumble as she quits her job and starts obsessively drawing horrific comics to deal with her increasing paranoia. Based on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, this is a bold experimental work portraying the disintegration of Nina's mind to hallucination and homicidal madness. A bravura first feature by young director Heitor Dhalia.
Reviews
“A cross between Dostoyevsky and David Lynch and the violent style of the Japanese mangas.”
Los Angeles Film Festival
“Heitor Dhalia shows great promise.”
Mary Beth Barber, Offoffoff
Screens With
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When
5:15 PM Monday, 21 February
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Greater Union - Cinema 1
5:15 PM Tuesday, 1 March
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Greater Union - Cinema 2
Ticket Price
Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10
As Part Of
South AmericaAbout Nina
83 minutes35mm
2.35:1
Dolby Digital SRD
In Portuguese with English subtitles
Print Source
Gullane Films
Andre Ristum
andre@gullanefilmes.com.br
Awards
Best Cinematography, Lima Latin American 2004Festivals
Moscow 04Rotterdam 04
Melbourne International Film Festival 04
Los Angeles 2004
About the Director
Heitor Dhalia
Heitor Dhalia was born in Recife, Brazil in 1970. He moved to São Paolo in 1993 where he began working in advertising and copywriting. In 1999 he became involved in cinema, first as assistant director to Aluãzio Abranches on his film Um Copo de cãlera and then as scriptwriter. He has made a short Conceião (2000) and Nina is his debut feature as director.