Italian for Beginners
140 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 58m
2000
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,...
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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.
- DirectorLone Scherfig
- Release7 December 2000
- Genre
- Duration1h 58m
- Budget$1,000,000
- Revenue$16,350,876
- Rate140 reviews
- Productions
Zentropa Entertainments, DR
Cast

Peter Gantzler
Jørgen Mortensen

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Karen

Anders W. Berthelsen
Andreas

Anette Støvelbæk
Olympia

Lars Kaalund
Hal-Finn

Sara Indrio Jensen
Giulia

Karen-Lise Mynster
Real Estate Dealer

Rikke Wölck
Nurse

Bent Mejding
Reverend Wredmann

Elsebeth Steentoft
Woman in Church

Lene Tiemroth
Karen's Mother

Claus Gerving
Klaus Graversen

Jesper Christensen
Olympia's Father

Alex Nyborg Madsen
Church Singer #1 / Sportsman #1

Steen Svare
Church Singer #2 / Sportsman #2

Martin Brygmann
Evening School Teacher
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