Italian for Beginners (2000)

  • NR
  • 12/20/2000 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 58m

Attendance optional. Passion required.

Overview

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.

Lone Scherfig

Director, Screenplay

Maeve Binchy

Novel

Cast

Peter Gantzler's headshot

Peter Gantzler

Jørgen Mortensen
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen's headshot

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Karen
Anders W. Berthelsen's headshot

Anders W. Berthelsen

Andreas
Anette Støvelbæk's headshot

Anette Støvelbæk

Olympia
Lars Kaalund's headshot

Lars Kaalund

Hal-Finn
Sara Indrio Jensen's headshot

Sara Indrio Jensen

Giulia
Karen-Lise Mynster's headshot

Karen-Lise Mynster

Real Estate Dealer
Rikke Wölck's headshot

Rikke Wölck

Nurse

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