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Puccini for Beginners

Country: USA, Language: English, 82 mins

  • Director: Maria Maggenti
  • Writer: Maria Maggenti
  • Producer: Jake Abraham; John Sloss

CGiii Comment

Lesbians will like it - but, in reality, it is pseudo-intellectual guff.

Too much stop motion and voice-over, contrived, staged...it's all been done before.

Bisexuals are painted with a rather crude brush...again.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Elizabeth Reaser as Allegra;
Gretchen Mol as Grace;
Kirk as Philip;
Julianne Nicholson as Samantha;
Tina Benko as Nell;
Jennifer Dundas as Molly;
Kate Simses as Vivian;
Brian Letscher as Jeff;
Will Bozarth as Jimmy;
Ken Barnett as Scott;
Becca Anderson as Waitress;
Ashlie Atkinson as Woman on Bench;
Jill DeMonstoy as Restaurant Patron;
Yoshiro Kono as Sushi Chef;
Nick Psinakis as Athletic Guy