I decided to watch this film for two reasons: 1. I love Hans Matheson, and since his body of work is quite small, I thought I'd give this one a try. 2. There were a lot of positive reviews on IMDb.Having spent two hours watching the movie, I'm a little shocked that the reviews are so positive! The film follows the life of Dina, a woman scarred for life after she accidentally kills her own mother. The film, which has no real plot, follows Dina through her life as she learns to appreciate music, has a whole lot of sex, disregards all other people, and is haunted by the ghosts of the various people she manages to kill.The landscapes and cinematography are breath-taking, but that's where my love of the film comes to an end. No, I take that back. The various states of nudity are good too. Who knew I would be watching soft-core costume drama porn? Excellent. Really, though-the acting is overblown in its drama (watch for Niels practically dancing with a side of beef and Dina choking Lorch when he tries to leave). Dina is supposed to be someone for whom you feel sympathy because she's had a rough life, but in the end, I thought she was weird and scary and obsessive and not all that likable. I was pretty happy that Tomas found a nice normal girl to love at the end.If you enjoy rambling dramas that have no clear plot-where the protagonist learns nothing about herself and the other characters are all waiting around to die, then you'll love this. If you're curious as to what Norway looks like-well, fast forward to the scenes that showcase it. It is pretty impressive. I'd love to visit sometime in the summer. But otherwise, skip this film. It isn't good.

I am not one of those snobs who think that the ''art movies'' are great.As every genre,there are good and bad art movies.But the art movies which I hate are those that try to simulate intellectuality at the same time they try to be commercial to attract to the ''yuppie'' spectator who wants to be cult watching an art movie.I am Dina is one of the cases I just mentioned.This film tries to be complex and intelligent when,really,it's a cheap soap-opera drama.I have to say this movie extremely bored me.On a part,I was so bored,that I slept.The performances are simply bad.The movie needed a better edition and a lot of parts are redundant.I am Dina is a pathetic and boring film which a lot of intellectual critics will say it's a great movie when they do not want to admit they were very boring.I lost 125 minutes of my life watching this crap.If you wanna see real art movies with a lot of quality watch Antonia's line or Girl with a pearl earring.

I have no idea why this movie was ever made.The story is so bad that you wont believe it until you see it for yourself.The English language is extremely bad spoken.These actors use to be good (I am from Denmark) but the instructor Ole Bornedal made it possible to destroy their talent totally in this film.The music sucks.Ole Bornedal try to make a international film with actors from all over the world, but he did a very poor job.There's no soul in this movie.But the pictures of nature were nice, - maybe he could be used to make a tourist film from Norway. p.s. Ole Bornedal also made Nightwatch and I liked that one (danish version) Don't waste time on I am Dina.Its not worth it.

I just seen this film today, and I do love it. From the ever beginning, the acting of both Dinna as a child and woman is amazing, and just great ! The story and the set are beautiful and powerful.I see a lot of movies, and I know wich stories are good and connected with real life. Dinna (in the movie) has really lived, and felt and had tried things, and she took the chance when it was there, to try out her dreams and lusts. How many of us does that ?Excellent movie, acting and just everything !!! Higly recomended !