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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.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.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.
- Awards
- 21 wins & 22 nominations
Merete Voldstedlund
- Andreas' mother
- (scenes deleted)
Henning Jensen
- Leif
- (scenes deleted)
Steen Svare
- Sportsman
- (as Steen Svare Hansen)
- …
- Director
- Writers
- Maeve Binchy(uncredited)
- Lone Scherfig
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- TriviaIn May 2010 it was revealed that Zentropa Productions officially acknowledged plot similarities to Maeve Binchy's novel "Evening Class". Writer-director Lone Scherfig 'borrowed' part of her plot from the Irish novel without giving any credit to the original author. Binchy was not credited in the original release of the film as Zentropa had determined they were not in breach of copyright, but after Binchy's representatives approached them they paid a non-disclosed compensation and added a credit for her in later releases.
- GoofsWhen Karen turns the dial of the IV, she reduces the dose instead of increasing it.
- Quotes
Olympia's Father: That sounds disgusting.
- Alternate versionsThere are two different versions of the film with different editing and sequencing. The original version shown at the Berlin film Festival and in several european countries ran 118 minutes; theatrical version shown in the US ran 112 minutes.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bodilfesten 2001 (2001)
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More is Less. . . and Less can be More
Slightly too fast paced for the extensive subtitles, Italiensk for begyndere can be watched and enjoyed even if you do not understand a word of the dialog. In an audience of "English only speakers" over two thirds of those present were unable to keep up with the subtitles-- but all present enjoyed it. The writing was superb, the acting wonderful, and the overall product well suited to the dogme95 concept. Even so, it would have worked as well (if not better) as a standard production. I'm almost afraid to say it, but I expect an American remake before long-- in spirit if not in word for word translation.
See it in the theater, then enjoy talking it over with the rest of the audience, or wait until it comes out on DVD and invite a least a dozen people over for critical mass viewing.
See it in the theater, then enjoy talking it over with the rest of the audience, or wait until it comes out on DVD and invite a least a dozen people over for critical mass viewing.
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- Mar 13, 2002
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- Also known as
- Yeni başlayanlar için İtalyanca
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,544,753
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $66,047
- Jan 21, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $16,350,876
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