Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Italian for Beginners (1995)


Danish Dogma film 'Italian for Beginners' is yet another Danish film I really enjoyed. To be honest, I have yet to see a bad Danish film (Babette's Feast, After the Wedding, Brothers etc. Were honestly some of the best films I have ever seen).
Therefore, I wonder if they do in fact exist? If they do - I'm yet to find one.
However, despite my ardent appreciation of Denmark's film industry I am unfamiliar with many of the Dogma films. Thus, I was excited to check some more out.

Italian for beginners is a low budget film and you can tell. However, it works with the picture. The characters appear realistic with quirks and all. I find this to be central to most of the Danish films though - great characters.
The film has romance and comedy however, is not your typical American "RomCom".
I found this film to be endearing and would watch it again.