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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0712267270125
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: Strand Releasing
Manufacturer: Strand Releasing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Strand Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 03, 2007
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 41718
Studio: Strand Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Allegra loves her girlfriend samantha but cant commit. When samantha leaves her allegra rebounds with handsome professor phillip as well as with the beautiful recently single grace. Allegra juggles secret relationships with both never suspecting that phillip and grace have a connection of their own. Studio: Strand Releasing Release Date: 07/03/2007 Run time: 82 minutes Rating: Nr
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Rating:  - Puccini for Beginners: Girl-on-Girl Romances are Like Opera.
Maria Maggenti is known for her 1995 film, The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, which as the title suggests, tells the story of two high school girls who fall in love. Her more recent film, Puccini for Beginners, brought audiences to their feet at its Sundance Film Festival premiere in 2006. Set in New York, a city of endless possibilities, it chronicles the lesbian breakup of Samantha (Julianne Nicholson) and Allegra Castiglione (Elizabeth Reaser), an opera-loving writer with a history of relationship issues. Basically, she is afraid to say, "I love you." After she meets Columbia professor Philip (Justin Kirk) at a party while binging on Camembert, Allegra unknowingly has sex with his hot ex-girlfriend, Grace (Gretchen Mol). Allegra then begins multi-dating both Philip and Grace, afraid to commit to either, before Grace shows Allegra a picture of her ex-boyfriend, Philip. After Philip and Grace confess to each other that they're seeing someone else, they eventually realize they've been seeing the same woman. Puccini is known for his romantic operas like La bohème, Manon Lescaut, and Madama Butterfly, in which characters typically have more than one lover and romantic relationships are synonymous with heartbreak.. In that respect, Maggenti pays homage to Puccini with her sophisticated film. Puccini for Beginners is funny, witty, and smart. Although it doesn't even equal Woody Allen's lesser work, Maggenti's urbane film is entertaining lesbian cinema without any ideological agenda. ... Read More
Rating: - Very Good Romantic Film
This movie is a very enjoyable, thought provoking romantic comedy. It comes across as lighter than it actually is. But its lightness makes it a joy to watch and it will linger in your thoughts after with the messages it puts across.
PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS tells the story of a lesbian who keeps having short lived romantic relationships due to her fear of commitment. The film begins with yet another girlfriend breaking up with her and then our main character settles for living life alone. Of course at that point she meets two people with whom she becomes involved - a man and a woman. And the added twist is they are a couple themselves.
The film is not a statement movie about homosexuality but rather a film where all the characters accept each other for who they are. Allegra, our main character is indeed a lesbian, but she does not hate men. She develops feelings for the man with whom she gets involved but she knows it is a rarity. She is most comfortable with women. He also accepts her and does not question why a lesbian is being with a man. As he says TO ME YOU ARE JUST ALLEGRA.
The story unfolds with solid acting and comic situations mixed in as Allegra goes on a deep journey of self discovery. Believe it or not, I must disagree with some other reviewers. I do believe some peoples lives are as straightforward and carefree as our characters here. For this movie requires a deeper examination. Their outer lives seem satisfying yet all of them are going through ... Read More
Rating: - Puccini for Beginners
I doubt anyone's lifestyle is this carefree, much less the lead character's, but a lot of care went into this movie and so I liked it.
Rating:  - Loved It!!!!!
I loved this movie it was so funny and cute. It was kinda annoying but I loved the end it was a real good movie I really recommend it!!
Rating: - Thought Provoking At Times
I caught this movie on the Logo channel so I don't have the dvd but I figured I'd write a review anyway.
To me it's one of those movies that could never happen in quite this way in real life but it does raise issues that are real.
The main character hooks up with two people who are having problems in their relationships not knowing that their relationship is with each other.
I guess one lesson is if someone just wants to be 'the other person' this may be what they become which is what happens initially.
But ultimately she lucks out and causes someone else to become the other person and she becomes the right person which is what she so desperately wanted.
I guess the main point is how do people find that other person that is right for them. This is a very deep philosophical question. Even a spiritual question.
Perhaps the various experiences that these people went through was a necessary part of that discovery for them.
I think movies like this can be educational if they make people think about the implications, complexities, and possible outcomes of getting involved in intimate relationships. She perhaps underestimated the feelings that her two friends still had for each other.
The two main female characters in this movie are bisexual but this is not a graphic movie. At least not the version I saw on tv.
Jeff Marzano
When Night Is Falling
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