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Italian for Beginners
Dir. Lone Scherfig Denmark 2000
An Italian class becomes a focal point for a group of diverse characters who live in the same Copenhagen neighborhood. Learning a new language becomes not just an escape from the tedium and tragedies in their lives but the chance for new beginnings. As a Dogma 95 film (the first by a woman director), the actors are all unknowns who play their roles with refreshing humor and warmth as well as believability. And, despite the fact that it contains "romance" (and some sex) and "comedy", it defies that genre by somehow remaining unsentimental. When the class goes to Italy the unfolding events are made all the more enjoyable by the stunning backdrops of Venice. (Danish & Italian w/subtitles; 112m)

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