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Mood:
- OffbeatTouchingWittyHumorousSentimental
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Plot:
- Starting OverCouple RelationsLooking for LoveSuburban LifeLove and RomanceMind and SoulCouplesSocial Relations more...
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Genres:
- ComedyDramaRomanceForeignDogma
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century90s
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Place:
- DenmarkEuropeSuburbs
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedBerlin Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- Ensemble CastMultiple StoriesTalky
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- ProfanitySexual Content
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Italian for Beginners, 2000
Danish, Italian, English
Denmark, Sweden
Profile of Italian for Beginners
Italian for Beginners can be described as witty, offbeat, and touching. The plot revolves around suburban life, starting over, and looking for love. The main genres are drama, foreign, and comedy. In terms of style, Italian for Beginners is dogmatic, involves multiple stories, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. Italian for Beginners is located in Denmark. It takes place in the 1990s and in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being a Berlin festival winner and critically acclaimed. Italian for Beginners is well suited for a date night. Note that it involves sexual content and profanity.
Summary of Italian for Beginners
In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. From Danish director Lone Scherfig (ON OUR OWN), ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS uses natural lighting, muted cinematography, and a partially improvised script--falling into the Dogme 95 genre. The film is not about learning Italian, though the film's six thirtysomething characters all meet each other through an Italian class at the community center in their quiet, rainy town. The film is about real life and hardship and hope. A nurturing hair stylist, a clumsy bakery clerk, a committed pastor, a foulmouthed waiter, a friendly hotel manager, and a lonely waitress all struggle with the banality of daily life, while dealing with their own unique challenges. But as they begin to reveal themselves and their problems to each other, they form a bond and a network that is both a safety net and a new reason to live.
Details
| Language: | Danish, Italian, English |
| Country: | Denmark, Sweden |
| Release date: | 1 September 2001 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
Cast and Crew
as Andreas
as Karen
as Olympia
as Jørgen Mortensen
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Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Carla Meyer
