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Puccini for Beginners

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance

September 2, 2006 (US)

1h 22m

A love triangle of operatic proportions.

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, and convinces Allegra to continue their affair. When Allegra meets Grace...

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