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Italian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish-Swedish romantic comedy drama film directed and written by Lone Scherfig. The cast includes Sara Indrio Jensen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Bent Mejding, and Jesper Christensen. The narrative is set in Hvidovre and Venice, focusing on interpersonal relationships. The film was produced by Zentropa and DR, with Peter Aalbæk Jensen serving as executive producer. Music was composed by Niels Gade.
The film has a runtime of 118 minutes according to one source and 112 minutes according to another. It was released in December 2000. The production budget was 1,000,000, and the revenue reached 16,350,876. The film was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Film and participated in the 14th European Film Awards. It holds review scores of 88%, 7.2/10, and 77/100.
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6.4Several 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.
Cast
- Anders W. Berthelsen as Andreas
- Anette Støvelbæk as Olympia
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen as Karen
- Peter Gantzler as Jørgen Mortensen
- Lars Kaalund as Hal-Finn
- Sara Indrio Jensen as Giulia
Themes
- hotel
- daughter
- depression
- friendship
- waitress
- venice, italy
- hairdresser
- italian
- copenhagen, denmark
- adult education center
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 14th European Film Awards
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- Danish
- Main subject
- interpersonal relationship
- Director
- Lone Scherfig
- Screenwriter
- Lone Scherfig
- Composer
- Niels Gade
- Production company
- DR
- Narrative location
- Venice
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 172799
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2000-00-00
- title
- Italiensk for begyndere
- attendance
- 828730
- film format
- 35 mm film
- review score
- 77/100
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