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Italian for Beginners

Name: Italian for Beginners
Director: Lone Scherfig
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2000
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Peter Gantzler, Lars Kaalund

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

2000 · Directed by Lone Scherfig · 118 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 15 frames

Tagline

Attendance optional. Passion required.

Crew

Screenplay: Lone Scherfig
Cinematography: Jørgen Johansson
Edited by: Gerd Tjur
Music: Rune Palving
Produced by: Ib Tardini

Cast

Anders W. Berthelsen as Andreas
Anette Støvelbæk as Olympia
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen as Karen
Peter Gantzler as Jørgen Mortensen
Lars Kaalund as Hal-Finn
Sara Indrio Jensen as Giulia
Karen-Lise Mynster as Ejendomsmægler
Rikke Wölck as Sygeplejerske
Elsebeth Steentoft as Kvinde i kirke
Bent Mejding as Pastor Wredmann

Production

Country: Denmark
Language: Danish, Italian
Studios: Zentropa Entertainments, DR
Budget: $1,000,000
Box office: $16,350,876
Themes: hotel, daughter, depression, friendship, waitress, venice, italy, hairdresser, italian, copenhagen, denmark, adult education center

More by Lone Scherfig

An Education — 2009
Their Finest — 2017
One Day — 2011
The Kindness of Strangers — 2019

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