Italian for Beginners (2000)

12/07/2000 (DK) • 1h 58m

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Revenue

$16,350,876.00

Keywords

hotel

daughter

depression

friendship

waitress

venice, italy

hairdresser

italian

copenhagen, denmark

adult education center

language course

parent child relationship

priest

church

woman director

dogme 95

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