Italian for Beginners

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 7, 2000

Original language

Danish

Spoken languages

Danish, Italian

Countries

Denmark, Sweden

Production

Zentropa Entertainments,DR

Cast

Anders W. Berthelsen,Anette Støvelbæk,Ann Eleonora Jørgensen,Peter Gantzler,Lars Kaalund,Sara Indrio Jensen,Karen-Lise Mynster,Rikke Wölck,Elsebeth Steentoft,Bent Mejdingand 14 more

Director

Lone Scherfig

Writer

Lone Scherfig,Maeve Binchy

Producer

Ib Tardini,Peter Aalbæk Jensen,Gert Duve Skovlund,Vinca Wiedemann,Marianne Moritzen

Cinematography

Jørgen Johansson

Music

Rune Palving

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$16,350,876

IMDb

tt0243862