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Italian for Beginners

2000 · 118 min

A gentle, bittersweet comedy about lonely people finding connection, with a warm heart and a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Tagline
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.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • friendship
  • love
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Written by
Lone Scherfig
Starring
Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Peter Gantzler, Lars Kaalund, Sara Indrio Jensen, Karen-Lise Mynster, Rikke Wölck
Music
Rune Palving
Cinematography
Jørgen Johansson
Runtime
118 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish, Italian

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