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Puccini for Beginners
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5.5When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He is so smitten with Allegra that he dumps his lover, Grace, and convinces Allegra to continue their affair. When Allegra meets Grace, sparks fly, and she begins a parallel romance, unaware that her new lover is the woman Philip left to be with her.
Released: 2006-09-0282 minDir: Maria MaggentiComedy, Drama, RomanceBox office: $89,417
Cast
- Elizabeth Reaser as Allegra
- Gretchen Mol as Grace
- Justin Kirk as Philip
- Julianne Nicholson as Samantha
- Jennifer Dundas as Molly
- Tina Benko as Nell
Themes
- love triangle
- lesbian relationship
- male homosexuality
- extramarital affair
- woman director
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
2,512 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
48%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Maria Maggenti
- Screenwriter
- Maria Maggenti
- Cast member
- Justin Kirk
- Producer
- Gary Winick
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 500782
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2006-01-01
- title
- Puccini for Beginners
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.6/10
- box office
- 110864
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