Puccini For Beginners

– When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra win..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 22 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Puccini for Beginners (2006)

When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He is so smitten with Allegra that he dumps his lover, Grace (Justin Kirk), and convinces Allegra to continue their affair. When Allegra meets Grace, sparks fly, and she begins a parallel romance, unaware that her new lover is the woman Philip left to be with her.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Puccini for Beginners (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

07 Feb 2007

Language:

English

Director:

Maria Maggenti

Writer:

Maria Maggenti

Main Actors:

Ken Barnett, Julianne Nicholson, Brian Letscher, Elizabeth Reaser

Plot:

Allegra, an opera-loving writer in New York, eschews commitment, so her girlfriend, Samantha, leaves her. Allegra misses Sam, and resents the accusation that she's afraid to say "I love you," but she's soon involved with two people - Grace and Philip - who, unbeknownst to her, have just broken up with each other. Allegra juggles the two affairs, telling neither about the other; each likes her more and more as her old fears start making her itchy. Things come to a head at an engagement party where Allegra is pinch-hitting as a catering assistant.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
Metacritic:
54%