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In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living. Family friend Jacob encourages Dina's father to hire Lorch, a tutor who introduces her to the cello. When Dina is old enough, she marries Jacob and moves to Reinsnes, a port he runs with his mother, Karen, and his stepsons Niels and Anders . Niels doesn't like Dina's wild ways, or the fact that she has taken over accounting duties at Reinsnes. Dina's eccentric tendencies become even stronger, eventually leading Jacob into an accident of his own and bringing Tomas back into her life.

This is my Story

Genres: Drama

Starring: Maria Bonnevie, Gerard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston

Released: March 8, 2002

Runtime: 125.0

Popularity Rating: 6.978

ApolloMedia Distribution, Felicia Film, Gemini Films, Mandarin Films, Nordisk Film, Northern Lights, Per Holst Filmproduktion, TF1 International, TNT Film Productions

Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden

Dina Maria Bonnevie
Jacob Gerard Depardieu
Leo Zhukovsky Christopher Eccleston
Hjertrud, Dina's Mother Pernilla August
Edvard, Dina's Father Bjorn Floberg
Niels Mads Mikkelsen
Tomas Hans Matheson
Little Dina Amanda Jean Kvakland
Anders Jorgen Langhelle
Stine Kate Hardie
Lorch Soren Satter-Lassen
Olivia Bodil Udsen

Art — Production Design: Marie i Dali
Art — Production Design: Steffen Aarfing
Camera — Director of Photography: Dan Laustsen
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Dominique Borg
Directing — Director: Ole Bornedal
Editing — Editor: Molly Malene Stensgaard
Editing — Editor: Thomas Krag
Production — Casting: Ellen Michelsen
Sound — Original Music Composer: Marco Beltrami
Writing — Novel: Herbjorg Wassmo
Writing — Screenplay: Jonas Cornell
Writing — Screenplay: Ole Bornedal