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Dafne
Beginner - Intermediate
24 Videos

Dafne is a thirty-five-year-old woman with Down syndrome who lives with her parents. She has a simple life: a job she loves, co-workers who appreciate her, friends, and an outgoing personality. The sudden loss of her mother disrupts the family equilibrium but Dafne manages, one step at a time, to create a new relationship with her father. The extraordinary interpretation of Carolina Raspanti and the work of director Federico Bondi manage to address with delicacy, two very challenging themes of the human condition: being born with an extra copy of a chromosome and losing a loved one.

1 Episodes
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─ Videos: 11-24 of 24 Totaling 1 hour 30 minutes

Dafne - Film - Part 11

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne is at a party with her friend Viola, and a guy asks her to dance.

Dafne - Film - Part 12

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne's father prowls around the house at night with a flashlight. She doesn't get it. She likes running water, which he doesn't get. They are each trying to deal with their grief.

Dafne - Film - Part 13

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne is trying to get her father to do more than just lie around. She also has some ideas about changing around the furniture.

Dafne - Film - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne finds a little memento that seems to ground her. Her dad is having a hard time, though. The lyrics of the song in the background seem to mirror what's going on in Dafne's head.

Dafne - Film - Part 15

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne and her father are on the train together. She seems happy, he a bit less. They get off and start hiking.

Dafne - Film - Part 16

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Little by little, as they walk and talk, Dafne and her father make discoveries about each other, even deeply personal ones.

Dafne - Film - Part 17

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne doesn't mince words in criticizing her father, but she is there for him, a sort of anchor. It gets late and they need food and lodging.

Dafne - Film - Part 18

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne and her father have dinner at the lodge and make conversation. But then they hear some talking in the other room and wonder what's up.

Dafne - Film - Part 19

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne's father finally has someone to talk to, and describes his feelings when Dafne was born, and how they evolved.

Dafne - Film - Part 20

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne and her father leave the lodge and resume their hike on an uphill trail.

Dafne - Film - Part 21

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

While they are hiking, Dafne's father gets a curious phone call. It brings up the subject of smoking, which Dafne does not want to let go. Later, they meet up with some forest rangers, and Dafne asks for some first-aid items for her foot.

Dafne - Film - Part 22

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne has no trouble chatting up a storm and making friends with the two forest rangers. She and her father get dropped off near the cemetery.

Dafne - Film - Part 23

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne and her father get to the old family homestead. Dafne goes about opening it up as they talk about her mother and how she loved the place.

Dafne - Film - Part 24

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Dafne has a unique gift for her father.

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