ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS
synopsis
In a city suburb, a young minister arrives to take up duties at a local church. He is persuaded by his assistant to join an Italian night school class and soon becomes the centre of a group of people to whom fate has dealt quite serious blows. Gradually each one in the group manages to overcome his/her predicament and find a happy solution.
| international title: | Italian for Beginners |
| original title: | Italiensk for begyndere |
| country: | Denmark |
| year: | 2000 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Lone Scherfig |
| film run: | 112' |
| release date: | DK 18/12/2000, ES 21/12/2001, FR 19/12/2001, IT 03/05/2002, HU 25/09/2003 |
| screenplay: | Lone Scherfig |
| cast: | Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Lars Kaalund, Peter Gantzler, Sara Indrio Jensen |
| cinematography by: | Jørgen Johansson |
| film editing: | Gerd Tjur |
| producer: | Ib Tardini |
| production: | Zentropa Entertainments, DRTV Danish Broadcasting Corporation / DR Danmarks Radio / DR Drama |
| backing: | DFI (Danish Film Institute) + New Danish Screen |
| distributor: | Sandrew Metronome, Istituto Luce (IT), Les Films du Losange (FR), Golem Distribucion (ES), Best Hollywood (HU) |
