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Overview

User Rating:
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Writer:
Lone Scherfig (writer)
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Release Date:
8 December 2000 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Asistencia Opcional. Pasión Requerida. (Attendance Optional. Passion Required) more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
20 wins & 21 nominations more
User Comments:
A Delightful Romance in Dogma 95 more (82 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Anders W. Berthelsen ... Andreas
Anette Støvelbæk ... Olympia
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen ... Karen
Peter Gantzler ... Jørgen Mortensen
Lars Kaalund ... Hal-Finn
Sara Indrio Jensen ... Giulia
Karen-Lise Mynster ... Kirsten, the real estate dealer
Rikke Wölck ... Lise, the nurse
Elsebeth Steentoft ... Kirketjener
Bent Mejding ... Reverend Wredmann
Lene Tiemroth ... Karen's Mother
Claus Gerving ... Klaus Graversen

Jesper Christensen ... Olympia's Father
Merete Voldstedlund
Henning Jensen ... Leif, Karen's father
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dogme # 12 - Italiensk for begyndere (Denmark) (series title)
Dogme LS (Denmark) (working title)
Italian for Beginners (International: English title)
Italienska för nybörjare (Sweden)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexuality.
Runtime:
112 min | Germany:118 min (Berlin Film Festival) | Italy:118 min | USA:118 min (Telluride Film Festival) | USA:97 min (DVD version)
Country:
Denmark | Sweden
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Lone Scherfig has said that the positive effect of the Dogme 95 rules can be felt instantly in the writing process, specifically in the way you have to use your imagination to make a film work under their limitations. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Karen turns the dial of the IV, she reduces the dose instead of increasing it. more
Quotes:
Olympia's Father: That sounds disgusting. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Holiday (2006) more
Soundtrack:
O sole mio more

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13 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A Delightful Romance in Dogma 95, 10 May 2004
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Denmark, six lonely persons are having Italian classes sponsored by the City Hall. Jørgen Mortensen (Peter Gabtzler) is a shy hotel manager who has a crush on Giulia (Sara Indrio Jensen), a young Italian woman who works in an Italian restaurant and is secretly in love with him. Olympia (Anette Støvelbæk) is a clumsy clerk of a candy shop, who lives with her sullen father and is in love with Andreas (Anders W. Berthelsen), a young widow priest recently arrived in town. And the hairdresser Karen (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen), whose mother is an alcoholic woman, who loves Hal-Finn (Lars Kaalund), an incompetent and aggressive bar manager of the hotel where his best friend Jørgen Mortensen works. I am not a fan of Dogma 95 movies (the movement which uses handheld camera, natural light and sound and no special effects), but in this delightful romance the actors are so spontaneous that indeed it works. This unconventional love story, with euthanasia, common people, losers in general, Danish persons speaking Italian, is actually a great romance. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): ` Italiano Para Principiantes' (`Italian For Beginners')

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