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La linea verticale
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Luigi is the protagonist of this series from RAI Fiction and Wildside. He's forty years old with a wife, a little girl, and another child on the way, when he suddenly finds himself having to spend a lot of time in the oncology unit of a hospital. Although La linea Verticale (the vertical line) is a work of fiction, it's based on a real story, and we are able to see, through Luigi's eyes, what daily life in an Italian hospital is like.

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─ Videos: 31-45 of 55 Totaling 3 hours 9 minutes

La linea verticale - EP 5 - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luigi spends the night tossing and turning. In the morning, a nurse comes to get him for the CT scan, but then he has to wait and wait.

La linea verticale - EP 5 - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

When Luigi finds out he could actually have had some water before his CT scan, he is totally demoralized. He talks about the different kinds of patients to be found in any hospital.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

If Italian food culture is so famous the world over, Luigi wonders why it should be so bad in Italian hospitals.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Amed is convinced that the girl who had promised special food, a while back, was a figment of their imagination. He goes so far as to call the nurse to see if she remembers the girl.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Amed is obsessed with the idea of eating the right kind of food to fight cancer, but he goes a little too far.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Amed predicts Luigi's future, and Luigi has some visions. This segment reveals the meaning of the title of the show.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luigi talks about getting old. Marcello talks about missing his restaurant and the work he loves.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luigi tells us the fourth thing that demonstrates that a man has gotten old.

La linea verticale - EP 6 - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Riccardo's mother has made him all his favorite foods, but can't grasp that he is using a feeding tube. Luigi, on the other hand, is feeling better and is greatly appreciating being able to eat real food.

La linea verticale - EP 7 - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luigi explains an unwritten rule at the hospital, and we see it in action. The priest is in crisi (having a hard time) and explains things to his roommate, who doesn't quite get it.

La linea verticale - EP 7 - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

One doctor chooses to recite Baudelaire rather than listen to his patient. Luigi gets the results of the histological exam.

La linea verticale - EP 7 - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The doctor and Luigi finish discussing the results of his exam. The message is always the same, however. One step at a time. Captions 6-8 are a great example of how lei can mean different things and cause confusion.

La linea verticale - EP 7 - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

A patient's hemoglobin count is very important. If it's high enough, a patient can make it to the hospital bar. But then?

La linea verticale - EP 7 - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luigi makes it all the way to the bar, and once there, it is as his roommates predicted. He doesn't know what to order. He reflects on what metterci la testa (putting one's mind to it) means for him.

La linea verticale - EP 7 - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luigi can't wait to get out of the hospital and is dreaming of drinking a toast once he's out. Amed puts on the brakes right away.

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