Italian for Beginners

• 6.3 Comedy
• 2000-12-07
• 118 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Peter Gantzler (Jørgen Mortensen) Ann Eleonora Jørgensen (Karen) Anders W. Berthelsen (Andreas) Anette Støvelbæk (Olympia) Lars Kaalund (Hal-Finn) Sara Indrio Jensen (Giulia) Karen-Lise Mynster (Real Estate Dealer) Rikke Wölck (Nurse) Bent Mejding (Reverend Wredmann) Elsebeth Steentoft (Woman in Church)

Director:

Lone Scherfig

Writer:

Lone Scherfig