Italian for Beginners

2000 · 118 min · DA · 6.5 (160 votes)

Dir. Lone Scherfig · Starring Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Peter Gantzler, Lars Kaalund, Sara Indrio Jensen · Music Rune Palving

“Attendance optional. Passion required.”

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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.

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A quiet, unassuming film that blossoms with unexpected warmth. It’s about the beauty of human connection found in the most ordinary places, offering a gentle, hopeful look at life's second acts.

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