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Italian for Beginners (2000)

Italian for Beginners (2000)

Drama Comedy Romance

Attendance optional. Passion required.

Release Date: 2000, December 7
Directors: Lone Scherfig
Countries: Denmark
Production: Zentropa Entertainments, DR
Cast: Jesper Christensen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler, Anders W. Berthelsen, Karen-Lise Mynster, Henning Jensen, Martin Brygmann, Elsebeth Steentoft, Rikke Wölck, Sara Indrio Jensen, Bent Mejding, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

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.

Keywords:

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