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Il Commissario Manara
Adv-Intermediate
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"Chief of Police Manara" is an Italian crime drama about an unconventional Sicilian police commissioner working in Tuscany. Luca Manara, played by Guido Caprino, breaks all the rules, while his partner, Inspector Lara Rubino, played by Roberta Giarusso, tries to do things by the book. All kinds of sparks fly between them. The show ran very successfully for two seasons.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 8

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca goes to see Ginevra about the autopsy, but he confides in her, too. Toscani is having trouble telling Luca the results of his investigation into the passengers of the bus.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca is very upset with his sister. He feels betrayed and starts getting really worried, both for her and for himself, since he has gone out on a limb for her. The investigation continues.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 10

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marta is very convincing in her role as a sexy dancer at the night club, maybe too convincing. The situation takes a darker turn and she gets more and more concerned.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 11

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

After questioning the bus driver, Luca isn't convinced he's the murderer. Meanwhile, Tiziana doesn't seem to be taking house arrest very seriously.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 12

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Rivera and Manara review the surveillance video of the bus and see something new. Meanwhile, Tiziana seems to have fallen in love.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 13

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marta and Luca are getting closer to the truth and gradually find more pieces to the puzzle, thanks, in part, to some good police work by Barbagallo and Buttafuoco.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marta and Luca manage to figure out what happened, and Luca tells the story to his boss, Casadio. Manara gets out of the office with the excuse of a physical therapy session.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP9 - L'amica ritrovata - Part 15

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

With some prodding by Marta, the scene where Luca is lying on the ground and says "I love you" comes into focus for him.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

At police headquarters, everyone is thinking about what they will do when they get off work, but then there is a phone call that changes everyone's plans. A fall onto the rocks by the beach, a book with an intriguing design, and we're off to a new episode with Luca Manara.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The investigation begins. Manara and Rivera go to see the victim's wife, while Toscani calls a tow truck. Then all hell breaks loose in a house nearby, where there's been a gas leak.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The autopsy report comes, and Manara goes to talk to the victim's widow. Marta goes to talk to his lover. Marta gets a phone call, and her colleagues realize, with surprise, who her father is.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Both the victim's wife and his lover are questioned at the same time, one by Luca, and one by Marta. Each has a very different memory of what Fello was like.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

How good of a painter was the victim? Not all the people who knew him have the same opinion. Luca and Toscani go to see the picture framer and learn a few things.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luca and Marta finish their conversation but get interrupted. Later, Luca looks after Alice so that Toscani and Sardi can have an evening out. While he is there he makes a phone call.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

While having a drink with Ginevra, Luca notices a painting that looks like it could be one of Fello's. The next day, as he is waiting to talk to his boss, Raimondi shows up and asks him for a favor.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 8

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Casadio says the case is clear to him, and doesn't seem very open to Manara's theories. Marta talks to Cristina and finds out Fello had recently bought a camera he urgently needed.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Marta and Luca keep looking for the camera. They go to the house Di Maggio had wanted to have restored but now has to sell. They also return to the scene of the crime.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 10

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luca, Marta and Di Maggio go to his house and make a discovery. Little Alice is making a fuss and Luca comes to the rescue. Raimondi and Marta have a serious talk.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 11

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca and Marta get interrupted by a phone call and Luca rushes off to where Buttafuoco is waiting for him.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 12

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Casadio is in a strange mood, due to some discussions with his wife. After Manara leaves his office, there are some imprevisti (unexpected events) that give him a new lead in the case.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 13

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Truth triumphing over falsehood is not only the theme of the fresco, but is also the theme of this segment. Marta and Luca zero in on their latest suspect.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

We're at the end of this episode, where the famous fresco has been restored. Truth, symbolized in the fresco, is the buzzword of the moment but in ordinary life, it often remains hidden.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Manara meets first with Casadio and then with Raimondi, but doesn't get his answers answered to his satisfaction. But then, he gets a phone call about a dead body, so he has to race off.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Rosmini takes a look at the body. Manara talks to the woman who found the dead man. He goes back to the police station where the new member of his squad is waiting for him.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

As Lara and Luca go to question the victim's wife, it turns out a third dog has gone missing. Luca can't help but notice how self-assured Lara has become.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The card that came with the flowers for Lara contained an important message. One of the people Luca wants to question comes to the police station of his own accord.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Lara plans to go and stay at her aunt's house, though Caterina is gone. Luca is clearly preoccupied when he goes to the morgue to talk to Ginevra about the autopsy.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Manara's team goes to the hunters' bar to find Nino La Martina and have some lunch at the same time, perhaps. There was perhaps a bit more action than they were prepared for, but, of course, that goes with the job.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Nino La Martina is questioned by Luca. Toscani and Lara's injuries are being taken care of, but Luca offers to take Lara to the emergency room. She has another suggestion to make.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 8

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Ada and Pio go dancing, but when they get back to her place, they get an unexpected interruption. A bit later, Ada innocently reveals some new elements to the case, and Luca comes back to life from his doldrums.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We see the difference between Luca's by the seat of his pants investigative technique and Lara's more scientific technique. They both have their place, but in this case, Luca's is more effective. The team makes some headway, even if it is just to eliminate some suspected murder weapons.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 10

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Manara has an unusual conversation with his boss, Lara has a phone conversation with her aunt, and Luca and Ada have a conversation about relationships.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 11

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Ginevra is tuned in to Luca's mood and they talk about what might be causing it. His mood doesn't keep him from figuring out some new details about the case, however. Some viewers will catch him as, in a moment of humility, he makes a fleeting reference to another police chief in a very successful TV series.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 12

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Brigadiere, Aunt Caterina's dog, gives Luca an idea regarding the investigation and he and Lara are off. Speaking of animals, in his phone call with Toscani, Luca uses an idiomatic expression featuring an animal. Get some insight about it in this lesson.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 13

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The dogs are sent off to do their job. There is a moment of tension when both Luca and Lara realize some things never change.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The truth comes out as Lara and Luca question the count. The canine heroes are returned to Ferruccio's widow.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 15

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Luca gets a phone call that pushes him to take action on his own. He gets a huge surprise, however.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In this rather bizarre way of meeting up, Luca and Marta clarify their feelings. Lara and her aunt catch up at breakfast. Meanwhile, there's a new murder to investigate.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Sardi is back in service. Luca goes out to look for someone who might have made the anonymous phone call about the death.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca is trying to stay out of the kidnapping case, but he is feeling pressure on several fronts to do something about it. Zia Caterina is not someone to whom you can easily say "no."

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca takes some action on the case he and Lara are working on secretly. He goes to see Ginevra about the autopsy, and he also gets an interesting and gossip-worthy visit from Julie.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara manages to track down the jeweler through her colleagues in Olbia. The information she and Luca receive from him is surprising as well as concerning. At the same time, it allows them to consider the case to be officially theirs.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Toscani finds out who the woman with no face is. Aunt Caterina shows up at police headquarters to remind Lara about an appointment for her wedding dress.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Caterina and Lara go to speak with the retired director of the orphanage. Talk at police headquarters centers on Lara's upcoming wedding and Manara tries to play it cool, but doesn't fully succeed.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 8

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

De Carolis goes to police headquarters to give Manara some more information but Raimondi is there, too, and takes over. While at police headquarters, De Carolis gets a menacing phone call from the kidnappers.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The one time Toscani is on duty at night, it's also his turn with little baby Alice. Sardi and Toscani find a solution.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 10

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Early in the morning, Lara goes to wake Luca up to tell him what she finally remembered. It turns out to be of utmost importance.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 11

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The situation is tense. Lara and Luca are worried about Marta, but they don't want to blow her cover, nor injure her. At a certain point, Lara decides she can't wait any longer.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 12

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Natali's confession didn't help the case very much, and De Carolis has trouble staying calm. Meanwhile Lara has done some research, giving them some hope of finding the little girl.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 13

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Lara and Luca go to the convent in search of Clarissa. Later, Toscani has some new information for Luca.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

De Carolis finishes telling his story. Marta leaves, as does Raimondi. Lara asks a big favor of Luca.

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 15

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Lara's wedding with Guglielmo is about to start, but guess who is missing?

Il Commissario Manara - S2EP12 - La donna senza volto - Part 16

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We're sorry to get to the end of this popular and exciting series. After this rollercoaster of a relationship between Lara and Luca, who knows how it will end?

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