Italian for Beginners

“Attendance optional. Passion required.”

6.4

2000

1h 58m

ComedyDramaRomance

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.

Key Crew

Director

Lone Scherfig

Producers

Ib Tardini

Writers

Lone Scherfig

Cinematography

Jørgen Johansson

Music

Rune Palving

Cast (24)

Anders W. Berthelsen

Andreas

Anette Støvelbæk

Olympia

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