This TV series was inspired by the novel, Come piante tra i sassi (like plants among the rocks) and Maltempo (bad weather) by Mariolina Venezia. Imma is a deputy prosecutor, who is determined, tough, and a bit wacky. The story takes place in the beautiful city of Matera in the region of Basilicata.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Calenzano felt the need to tell Imma and Calogiuri some details about his childhood in Switzerland so that they would be able to understand what had happened between him and Stella.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In front of Imma, Calogiuri, and Diana, Calenzano describes every detail of when he went to Stella's apartment to see her. He's distraught, as he relives the experience.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Calenzano finishes telling his story and Calogiuri takes him away. Stacchio's teacher stops by Imma's office with a pupil, Nicolas, who has a story of his own to tell.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Pietro goes to his saxophone teacher's house to help her with a technical problem. At home, Imma gets an important phone call that has nothing to do with the case she just solved.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma appears to be on the psychiatrist's couch, describing a dream, but the situation becomes more and more bizarre and we don't really know what's real and what isn't.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma had been dreaming and wakes up to a call from Don Mariano who wants to see her, urgently. But she has another emergency to deal with first.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma is still worried about her husband ending up in the hospital when, back at work, Diana has bad news for her. Imma remembers her appointment with Don Mariano, but that's not the worst of it.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma goes to the Foundation where Don Mariano had his office. She and the team look for the tablet and talk to the young man who helped out there. They also talk to the housekeeper Ilona, who says there were plenty of people out to get Don Mariano.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma goes to the hospital and can't help looking at Pietro's phone while he is sleeping. Back at the office, Diana is in tears because her husband wants a separation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Imma is talking with Mottola to find any connections with Don Mariano's death. He is accusing the deceased of not having helped him, and at a certain point, she says: Ma si rende conto? (but do you have any idea?) For more on this expression see our lesson. Back home, Imma is irritable, but she can't talk to her daughter about the real reasons she is upset.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Since the phone records have arrived, Imma must provide explanations to both Vitali and Calogiuri. Both are of the opinion that Imma doesn't trust them.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
While discussing the murder case with Calogiuri, Imma learns about a violent husband, a certain Pasquale Iannuzzi. Imma goes to see Pietro in the hospital and questions him, as she knows how to do very well.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Calogiuri is sharing useful information with Imma to discover something about Don Mariano's death when Diana enters to communicate that she has found what Imma had asked her to look for.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma and Calogiuri compare notes on what they have regarding the investigation into Don Mariano's death. The two disagree on how to proceed to the point of losing their patience.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma spends some time with Pietro in the hospital, but once she leaves, she is determined to figure out what the keys found with Don Mariano open, and she goes to ask someone who might know.
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