Italiensk for begyndere
Italienska för nybörjare
Directed by:
Lone ScherfigCinematography:
Jørgen JohanssonCast:
Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Lars Kaalund, Karen-Lise Mynster, Jesper Christensen, Elsebeth Steentoft (more)Plots(1)
Five people with something in common; they're insecure, vulnerable and eternally single. When they all sign up for Italian lessons, a series of unexpected events begins. The downhearted Andreas unsuccessfully tries to take the place of the local pastor. The shop assistant Olympia has decided to rebel against her dominant father, something she's never done before. The introverted hairdresser Karen discovers her mother's somewhat dark secret. The angry and aggressive Hal-Finn is trying to cope with love and his best friend Jorgen is trying to help anybody and everybody, regardless of his own problems. As time passes, they all realize that they've come upon an unexpected opportunity to change their present lives and find happier days. (Zlín Film Festival)
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Lone Scherfig on a slow journey to the top. The first work of hers that fascinated me was Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, and the same fascinating feelings were evoked in me by Italian for Beginners. Rarely does one succeed in combining romantic comedy with drama so well, and in such a way that the culmination is heartwarming and inventive, and despite its naivety, it leaves the viewer with a feeling of beauty. Some muscular injuries can only be treated in one way.
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