Italian for Beginners (2000)

Original title

Italiensk for begyndere

Directed by

Lone Scherfig

Genre

drama film, comedy film, romantic comedy, romance film

Country

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 152 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of lonely people in a small town attend an Italian language class and form unexpected connections. The film follows their everyday lives as they find companionship and romance through shared lessons.

light-heartedwarmgentleupbeatintimatequirkyearthytender

What happens

Italian for Beginners (Danish: Italiensk for begyndere) is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig, and starring Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler, together with Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk and Sara Indrio Jensen. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of handheld video cameras and natural lighting, and is known as Dogme XII. However, in contrast to most Dogme films which are harsh and serious in tone, Italian for Beginners is a light-hearted comedy. It was made on a $600,000 budget, and went on to gross over 27 times that. After the film's release, significant similarities between its plot and that of the novel Evening Class by Maeve Binchy were identified. The distributor, Zentropa, paid an undisclosed sum in compensation to Binchy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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