Italian for Beginners

Attendance optional. Passion required.

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. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Comedy Drama Romance

Anders W. Berthelsen

(Andreas)

Anette Støvelbæk

(Olympia)

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

(Karen)

Peter Gantzler

(Jørgen Mortensen)

Lars Kaalund

(Hal-Finn)

Sara Indrio Jensen

(Giulia)

Karen-Lise Mynster

(Ejendomsmægler)

Rikke Wölck

(Sygeplejerske)

Elsebeth Steentoft

(Kvinde i kirke)

Bent Mejding

(Pastor Wredmann)

Lene Tiemroth

(Karens mor)

Claus Gerving

(Klaus Graversen)

Jesper Christensen

(Olympias far)

Merete Voldstedlund

(Andreas' mor)

Henning Jensen

(Leif)

Carlo Barsotti

(Marcello)

Alex Nyborg Madsen

(Kirkesanger 1 / Sportsmand 1)

Steen Svare

(Kirkesanger 2 / Sportsmand 2)

Susanne Oldenburg

(Dame)

Martin Brygmann

(Aftenskolelærer)

Alexander Noval

(?)

Matteo Valese

(Marcello, italiensklærer)

Silvio Zanon

(?)

Radu Zaplini

(?)