Name: Italian for Beginners
Director: Lone Scherfig

Italian for Beginners (2000)

A diverse group of working-class outcasts finds connection and a new angle on life when they enroll in a night school course to learn Italian.

Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Peter Gantzler, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Bent Mejding, Anders W. Berthelsen, Elsebeth Steentoft, Karen-Lise Mynster, Anette Stovelbaek, Carlo Barsotti, Claus Gerving, Lars Kaalund, Sara Indrio Jensen

Runtime: 01h 47m
Type: Movie

A diverse group of working-class outcasts finds connection and a new angle on life when they enroll in a night school course to learn Italian.

Runtime: 01h 47m
Type: Movie

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