Nina (2004 film)

Nina
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHeitor Dhalia
Screenplay byMarçal Aquino
Based onCrime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced byCaio Gullane
Fabiano Gullane
StarringGuta Stresser
Myriam Muniz
Sabrina Greve
Luiza Mariani
Juliana Galdino
CinematographyJosé Roberto Eliezer
Edited byEstevan Santos
Music byAntônio Pinto
Production
companies
Branca Filmes
Fábrica Brasileira de Imagens
Gullane Filmes
Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas
Distributed byColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetBRL 2.442.740 (estimated)

Nina is a 2004 Brazilian drama film directed by Heitor Dhalia and starring Guta Stresser and Myriam Muniz. The plot is loosely based on the 1886 Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. The setting is described to be of a dark humor nature in an urban new-age post apocalyptic gothic world, and includes manga-like animations throughout the film.

Synopsis

Set in today's São Paulo, the film tells the story of Nina, a poor young girl, disorderly seeking a means of survival in today's cruel society and only comes across adversity. She lives in a rented room. Her landlady Eulália, an old and decrepit reincarnation of the old miser killed by Raskólnikov on Crime and Punishment, humiliates her the entire time, violates her correspondence, confiscates the money her mother sends, locks up the refrigerator to prevent her access the food stored there, each one of them with the label "Eulália" on it, a symbol of the purchasing power, the right to consume and of the humiliation of the fellow man.

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