Italian for Beginners poster
Director Lone Scherfig
Screenplay Lone Scherfig

Italian for Beginners

Original Title: Italiensk for begyndere

Tagline: Attendance optional. Passion required.

Release Date: 2000-12-07

Duration: 118 minutes

Synopsis

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. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Casting

  • Peter Gantzler
    Jørgen Mortensen
  • Jesper Christensen
    Olympia's Father
  • Anette Støvelbæk
    Olympia
  • Bent Mejding
    Reverend Wredmann
  • Karen-Lise Mynster
    Real Estate Dealer
  • Elsebeth Steentoft
    Woman in Church
  • Anders W. Berthelsen
    Andreas
  • Steen Svare
    Church Singer #2 / Sportsman #2
  • Lars Kaalund
    Hal-Finn
  • Sara Indrio Jensen
    Giulia