Italian for Beginners (2002)

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R|1 hr 39 mins|Comedy, Romance, Foreign, Romantic Comedy|Released: 1/18/2002 |Box Office Total: $4.4M

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Synopsis:

A relationship comedy about six thirty-somethings whose lives interweave one bleak Copenhagen winter. For these singles--in despair--in their small Danish town, their introductory Italian class is the catalyst that infuses their ordinary lives with passion and makes their dim futures significantly brighter. Andreas is a minister whose wife has recently died, and arrives in town to fill in for the suspended, spiteful pastor. Expecting to stay only for a short while, he is encouraged to take Italian lessons where he meets Olympia. While staying in a local hotel, he befriends the lonely concierge, who has a crush on an Italian waitress from the hotel cafe. She, meanwhile, must deal with her rude and aggressive boss. Two women in the class are both caretakers for their elderly parents, and both are having difficulties with their bad-tempered relatives. Family obligations, miscommunication and shaky self-esteem complicate these relationships.

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Theatrical Release
1/18/2002

Director	Credit
Lone Scherfig	Director
Cast	Credit
Anders W Berthelsen	Andreas
Anette Stovelbaek	Olympia
Peter Gantzler	Jorgen Mortensen
Ann Eleonora Jorgensen	Karen
Lars Kaalund	Halvfinn
Karen-Lise Mynster	Real Estate Dealer
Rikke Wolck	Nurse
Elsebeth Steentoft	Kirketjener
Sara Indrio Jensen	Giulia
Bent Mejding	Reverend Wredmann
Claus Gerving	Klaus Graversen
Jesper Christensen	Olympia's Father
Carlo Barsotti	Marcello
Lene Tiemroth	Karen's Mother
Alex Nyborg Madsen	Sports Man
Alex Nyborg Madsen	Church Singer No 1
Steen Svare Hansen	Church Singer No 2
Steen Svare Hansen	Sports Man
Susanne Oldenburg	Lady
Martin Brygmann	Night School teacher
Production Credits	Credit
Ib Tardini	Producer
DR V/Marianne Mortizen	Producer - funding
Gert Duve Skovlund	Producer - funding
Production Companies	Credit
Mestiere Cinema Produzioni	Production Company production company
Zentropa Entertainment	Production Company
Det Danske Filminstitut	Production Company
DR TV	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Miramax Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Les Films du Losange	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Records	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Alfa Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Zentropa Studios, Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Writer	Credit
Lone Scherfig	Screenplay
Film Camera	Credit
TC Christensen	Photography - "B" photographer
Jorgen Johansson	Director of Photography
Lars Hogsted	Photography - stills photographer
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Trust Film Svenska	Foreign Distribution Sales
Production Management	Credit
Niels Reiermann	Assistant Director
Karen Bentzon	Production Manager
Charlotte Lange Poulsen	Script Supervisor
Enrico Ballarin	Location Manager
Helle Bonnelykke	Location Assistant
Ingrid Kofoed	Production Coordinator
Sound	Credit
Mikkel Groos	Sound - "B" sound
Kasper Munck-Hansen	Sound - sound assistant

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