Italian for Beginners

2000 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 14,146 VOTES · DIR. Lone Scherfig

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,172 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:07 And this is it. Straight ahead.
00:03:31 Andreas. Welcome to the hotel, Andreas.
00:07:03 They discharged you?
00:11:10 All right?
00:15:10 A video store. Two garages, two drug stores, -
00:19:09 I would like a room.
00:23:20 If you'll sit by the sink ...
00:27:57 When you sin inadvertently ...
00:34:17 So if you ...
00:38:34 Finn, you're fired. What do you mean?
00:43:01 No.
00:49:01 My apologies ... the new pastor cocked things up.
00:54:21 Anything else? ... May I get that?
00:59:46 Have you got a pen?
01:03:43 just how many strawberries are you short of a picnic?
01:08:52 What do you want for Christmas?
01:12:29 It's not going very well, though. No.
01:17:15 Cheers!
01:21:05 Go home, will you?
01:25:06 I certainly saw her smiling at you. Oh?
01:30:16 Are you busy? No. I was just reading.
01:34:49 Yes?
01:40:43 And sex isn't something I feel confident about any more.
01:45:13 I won't be needing it any more.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,172
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:45:13

Production Record

DirectorLone Scherfig
LanguageDanish
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$16,350,876
IMDb votes14,146