Glenside Couple Featured In Sundance-Winning Film Coming To Theaters

GLENSIDE, PA — '"Dina," a Sundance-winning film about love featuring a Glenside couple, is hitting theaters this weekend.

The movie features Dina Buno and Scott Levin, local middle-aged couple on the autism spectrum whose budding romance was captured astutely by a documentary crew. Producers summarized the film:

"Dina, an outspoken and eccentric 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fiancee Scott, a Walmart door-greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shaking up poses a new challenge."

Filmmakers Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini follow the couple through Philadelphia, the Jersey Shore, and area landmarks as they record they challenges and triumphs of love.

For Buno, the experience of being on film has been liberating.

"All my life, I had to work so hard to be 'normal,'" Buno said in a Sundance interview. "It was always exhausting. I've learned to let my hair down...I've learned to kind of take charge."

The movie has received widespread acclaim and was named the Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. It has a strong 7.2 out of 10 rating on IMDB.

"Dina" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Ambler Theater on Friday. There will be showings again at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, and 4:25 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. on Sunday.

The movie is also being screened at the Ritz at the Bourse in Philadelphia. Showtimes are Saturday, 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:40 p.m.; and at the same times on Sunday.

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