The first words I learned in Italian were gamba di legno, or wooden leg, for which Benito Mussolini and Walt Disney are to blame: After the war, my mother, who was fluent in Italian, had been involved ...

Busuu is a solid option for learning Italian. It’s a community app with a bunch of various lessons by members of the community. Italian lessons include vocabulary and grammar stuff as well as audio ...

[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.

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Italian For Beginners, which is set, oddly enough, in Copenhagen, focuses on a group of lonely singles who hope to spark their lives by taking Italian lessons. The film, written and directed by Lone ...