IndieWire: REVIEW: Life is Beautiful — and Danish; Dogma 5’s “Italian for Beginners”
[EDITOR’S NOTE: “Italian for Beginners” had its world premiere at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival. Following are excerpts from G. Allen Johnson’s review, first published by indieWIRE on Feb. 13, 2001.
REVIEW: Life is Beautiful — and Danish; Dogma 5’s “Italian for Beginners”
Italian for Beginners is a modestly amusing little comedy. You might not look at it twice - or even once, perhaps - except for the well-advertised fact that Lone Scherfig, its Danish writer-director, ...
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