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Italian for Beginners (2000) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 7, 2000

Original Title:
Italiensk for begyndere

Alternate Titles:
Italian For Beginners
Italiano para principiantes
Italiensk for begynnere
Italienska för nybörjare
Włoski dla początkujących

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
DR
Zentropa Entertainments

Production Countries:
Denmark

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  CH: 12  CZ: 15+  DE: 12  DK: 7  HU: KN 

Runtime: 118

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Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Assistant Director:
Niels Reiermann

Associate Producer:
Lars von Trier

Director:
Lone Scherfig

Director of Photography:
Jørgen Johansson

Editor:
Gerd Tjur

Executive Producer:
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Gert Duve Skovlund
Vinca Wiedemann
Marianne Moritzen

Line Producer:
Karen Bentzon

Novel:
Maeve Binchy

Original Music Composer:
Rune Palving

Producer:
Ib Tardini

Screenplay:
Lone Scherfig

Unit Production Manager:
William Knuttel

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