Where to Watch Italian for Beginners (2000) in the US

What it's about

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.'

Cast and crew

Director

Lone Scherfig

Writer

Lone Scherfig, Maeve Binchy

Starring

Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk

Details

Release date

May 10, 2002

Language

Danish, Italian, English

Country

Denmark, Sweden

Box office

$4,544,753

Awards

21 wins & 22 nominations total

Where to Watch Italian for Beginners (2000) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Italian for Beginners in the United States?

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