Italian for Beginners

Dec 7, 2000

1h 58m

★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Zentropa Entertainments

Italian for Beginners Trailers

Cast

Jørgen Mortensen

Peter Gantzler

Karen

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Andreas

Anders W. Berthelsen

Olympia

Anette Støvelbæk

Hal-Finn

Lars Kaalund

Giulia

Sara Indrio Jensen

Real Estate Dealer

Karen-Lise Mynster

Nurse

Rikke Wölck

Reverend Wredmann

Bent Mejding

Woman in Church

Elsebeth Steentoft

Karen's Mother

Lene Tiemroth

Klaus Graversen

Claus Gerving

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