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Dina and Django (1983)

Dina and Django (1983)

Drama Crime Romance
Release Date: 1983, April 29
Directors: Solveig Nordlund
Countries: Portugal
Production: Grupo Zero, Grupo Zero
Cast: Margarida Carpinteiro, Sinde Filipe, Marcello Urgeghe, Luís Lucas, João Perry, Manuela de Freitas, António Montez, Canto e Castro, Joaquim Furtado, Ruy Furtado, María Santiago, Manuela Fernandes

Overview:

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.

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