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Italian for Beginners

Italian for Beginners

Dec 7, 2000
118 min
ComedyDramaRomance
6.4/ 10
144 votes

Overview

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.

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TMDB
6.4/10
144 votes
IMDB
7.0/10
14,060 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
77/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$1,000,000Production cost
Box Office$16,350,876Worldwide gross
Profit$15,350,876Profitable
ROI
+1535.1%Return on investment
US Box Office$4,544,753Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

21 wins & 22 nominations

Details

Production information

"Attendance optional. Passion required."

Status

Released

Original Language

da

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$16,350,876

Production Companies

Zentropa EntertainmentsDR

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