Puccini for Beginners

Puccini for Beginners is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Maria Maggenti and starring Elizabeth Reaser, Gretchen Mol, and Justin Kirk. The film debuted at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and was released to DVD in the United States on July 3, 2007.

Puccini for Beginners
Directed byMaria Maggenti
Produced byGary Winick
Written byMaria Maggenti
StarringElizabeth Reaser
Gretchen Mol
Justin Kirk
Music byTerry Dame
CinematographyMauricio Rubinstein
Edited bySusan Graef
Production
company
Distributed byStrand Releasing
Release date
  • September 2, 2006 (2006-09-02) (Deauville Film Festival)
  • February 2, 2007 (2007-02-02) (United States)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$110,864[1]

Plot

The story begins with Samantha (Julianne Nicholson) breaking up with Allegra (Elizabeth Reaser), a lesbian author who has had relationship problems in the past. Allegra meets a man named Philip (Justin Kirk) at a party, with whom she feels a connection. The next day, she meets Grace (Gretchen Mol), Philip's ex-girlfriend, although Allegra does not know about it. Allegra and Philip begin seeing each other, and Philip leaves Grace for good. Allegra sees Grace outside of a movie theater and Grace cries about her boyfriend leaving her. Allegra goes on a date with Philip, but she leaves after thoughts in her mind tell her it is wrong to be with a guy.

Allegra goes back and forth on dates with Philip and Grace. After several more dates, Grace shows Allegra a picture of her ex-boyfriend, and she learns that Philip and Grace were together. Philip and Grace go out for dinner, where they reveal to each other that they are seeing someone else. Meanwhile, Allegra caters at a party, which turns out to be Samantha's engagement party. Philip and Grace show up at the party, and they both discover that they have been seeing the same woman. In the end, Allegra is back with Samantha and never sees Philip and Grace again.

Cast

References
  1. "Puccini for Beginners (2007) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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