Italian for Beginners
by Lone Scherfig
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Actor: Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette St?velb?k, Ann Eleonora J?rgensen, Lars Kaalund, Peter GantzlerDirector: Lone Scherfig
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Danish (Published)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Movie Reviews of Italian for Beginners
Movie Review: Life, loss and love
Summary: 4 Stars
I have seen advertisement for this movie in the library and decided to see it. It is Danish independent movie and it starts a little bit awkward. Directing feels as if someone was making a home-made movie, rather than a film. But if you can get over that, and just keep watching the movie, you will find it to be delightful. It is a story about people in a small Danish town. They are all lonely and enduring loss of people close to them (parents, spouses, etc.). In spite of the fact that the relationships of our main characters with the people they are loosing is far from perfect, they genuinely miss the people they have lost and grieve deeply. As life goes on, so does their desire to redefine themselves and find a new purpose. They start taking italian language classes at the local community center. It is the weekly classes and the comeraderie that helps them create their own sort of support group. All characters are well defined and their personal story is touching. What I found a little annoying about the film is the fact that by making the characters not too smart is somehow comedic. The story is great and i would recommend anyone to watch this film. It will give one totally new perspective on grief, life, love, loneliness and coping.
Summary of Italian for Beginners
An unforgettable romantic comedy that's earned overwhelming acclaim, ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS is a warm and playful story about seven perfect strangers and the shared journey of discovery that changes each of their lives! In a small, rainy suburb, a mismatched collection of opposites have signed up for an Italian class in hopes of spicing up their lives! Then, as they realize the class offers them more than just language lessons, they join together on a quest to Italy with the renewed desire to pursue the romances of their lives! Once there, these world-weary students who thought there was nothing left to learn from life will get an education that will change everything they know about love!Not your usual lighthearted romance, Lone Sherfig's heartwarming comedy warms the usually chilly Dogme 95 world of prickly eccentrics and damaged souls with a glowing sense of hope and passion. A belligerent restaurant manager, a repressed hotelier, a lonely hairdresser, and a clumsy, childlike bakery clerk are among the lonely thirtysomethings who escape the social disasters and comic chaos of their unfulfilled lives in an Italian-language evening course. It becomes a place to dream and to heal emotional wounds (and they have more than their fair share of scars). Sherfig manages to turn the familiar social landscape of films as The Celebration and The King Is Alive--fractured families, abusive parents, tragic pasts--into a backdrop for romantic comedy. If not exactly profound, Italian for Beginners remains a sweet, hopeful, and affirming tale of eccentrics who find friendship, family, and romance while learning the language of love. --Sean Axmaker
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