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Nina (2004)

Nina poster
Directed by
Heitor Dhalia
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a strange urban world struggles with guilt and paranoia after a violent act. The film mixes live action with manga style animation and a dark humorous tone.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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