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Italian for Beginners
“Attendance optional. Passion required.”
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.
Directed by Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Lone Scherfig, Gert Duve Skovlund
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Status
Released
Released
December 7, 2000
Runtime
1h 58m
Language
Danish, Italian
Budget → Revenue
$1M → $16.4M
Top cast
Anders W. Berthelsen
Andreas
Anette Støvelbæk
Olympia
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Karen
Peter Gantzler
Jørgen Mortensen
Lars Kaalund
Hal-Finn
Sara Indrio Jensen
Giulia
Karen-Lise Mynster
Ejendomsmægler
Rikke Wölck
Sygeplejerske
Elsebeth Steentoft
Kvinde i kirke
Bent Mejding
Pastor Wredmann
Lene Tiemroth
Karens mor
Claus Gerving
Klaus Graversen
Jesper Christensen
Olympias far
Merete Voldstedlund
Andreas' mor
Henning Jensen
Leif
Carlo Barsotti
Marcello
Alex Nyborg Madsen
Kirkesanger 1 / Sportsmand 1
Steen Svare
Kirkesanger 2 / Sportsmand 2
Susanne Oldenburg
Dame
Martin Brygmann
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