Italian for Beginners (2000)

Movie"Attendance optional. Passion required."
Audience Score
63
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NR 1 hr 58 minDec 20th, 2000Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
StarringPeter GantzlerAnn Eleonora JørgensenAnders W. Berthelsen
DirectorLone Scherfig

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 20th, 2000
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 15th, 2002 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$1,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$16,350,876 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Danish
Executive Producers:Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Gert Duve Skovlund, Vinca Wiedemann, Marianne Moritzen
Production Companies:Zentropa Entertainments
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