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Title: Italian for Beginners

Release Date: 7 Dec 2000

Runtime: 1h 58m

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Zentropa Entertainments

Production Companies: Zentropa Entertainments

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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Average Vote: 6.337 (129 votes)

Cast

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