Italian for Beginners
2000 · 118 min · Director: Lone Scherfig
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A young minister, a widower, is temporarily assigned to a church whose suspended pastor drove parishioners away; he stays at a hotel where he meets Jørgen, who's alone approaching middle age. Jørgen's friend Finn, a temperamental restaurant manager, may be about to be fired. Finn's assistant is Giulia, a lovely young Italian who prays for a husband. Olympia, a clumsy bakery clerk, has an ornery father; Karen, a hairdresser, has a mother who is very ill. The paths of these six characters cross at church, in the restaurant, at the hotel, and at an Italian class at the local adult school. Loneliness, grief, solace, romance, and love may meet 'nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita.'
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Italian for Beginners (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
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Cast
Olympia
Jørgen Mortensen
Hal-Finn
Giulia
Ejendomsmægler
Sygeplejerske
Karens mor
Klaus Graversen
Andreas' mor
Marcello
Kirkesanger 1 / Sportsmand 1
Kirkesanger 2 / Sportsmand 2
Dame
Aftenskolelærer
Details
- Directed by
- Lone Scherfig
- Written by
- Maeve Binchy, Lone Scherfig
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2000
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Country
- Denmark, Sweden
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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