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Italian for Beginners movie storyline. A young minister, a widower, is temporarily assigned to a church whose suspended pastor drove parishioners away; he stays at a hotel where he meets Jørgen, who’s alone approaching middle age. Jørgen’s friend Finn, a temperamental restaurant manager, may be about to be fired.
Finn’s assistant is Giulia, a lovely young Italian who prays for a husband. Olympia, a clumsy bakery clerk, has an ornery father; Karen, a hairdresser, has a mother who is very ill. The paths of these six characters cross at church, in the restaurant, at the hotel, and at an Italian class at the local adult school. Loneliness, grief, solace, romance, and love may meet ‘nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita.
Italian for Beginners (Danish: Italiensk for begyndere) is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars 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 hand held 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. Made on a low budget of $600,000, the film ranks as the most profitable Scandinavian film in history.
In May 2010, it was officially revealed that writer-director Scherfig “borrowed” part of her plot from the Irish novel Evening Class by Maeve Binchy. Zentropa agreed to pay a non-disclosed compensation to Binchy.
Italian for Beginners (2002)
Italiensk for Begyndere
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Lars Kaalund, Sara Indrio Jensen, Karen-Lise Mynster, Elsebeth Steentoft
Screenplay by: Lone Scherfig
Production Design by: William Knuttel
Cinematography by: Jorgen Johanson
Film Editing by: Gerd Tjur
Art Department: Jette Lehmann
Music by: Niels W. Gade
MPAA RatingB R for language and some sexuality.
Türkiye Dağıtımı: Miramax Films
Gösterim Tarihi: January 18, 2001
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