Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Marioni asks Sara for help with Matteo. In the evening, Matteo is out walking with his uncle who is being a bit over-protective.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The students tasked by Marioni to help Matteo create a chat group, and Sara immediately puts her foot in it. At Robbo's house, things are a bit tense and little Chiara is worried about what might happen.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A chaotic day in Italian class: Amid grammatical difficulties, unexpected incidents, and group dynamics, tensions, irony, and solidarity intertwine among students and teachers.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Outside school, Sara meets up with Gigi her boyfriend. She has taken Matteo with her to have some company, since the discussion isn't going to be pleasant. As they go back into the building, Maestro Marioni appears, looking for Matteo.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Maestro Marioni asks Matteo what he wants to do with his life in music and is not satisfied with the answer he receives. almost yelling, Marioni urges Matteo to do more than merely give it a try.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
After the heated confrontation with Marioni, Matteo leaves class and goes to see the director who shows understanding and suggests that Matteo doesn't have to be in the orchestra. When he leaves the office he runs into a classmate, a percussionist.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Barbara has a lesson with another pianist, in which they play a piece for 2 pianos. She is clearly ill at ease with the other pianist. Later, Matteo finds her notebook on the floor in the hall and tries to engage her in conversation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Barbara's piano teacher notices that she is tense and wants to talk about it. Barbara just wants to get down to work. Robbo and Chiara are at home not feeling too well and trying to deal with what they had discovered regarding their mother.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
While Chiara and Robbo explore their secret place, their father returns and suggests cooking together with them. Clelia and Roberto hope to obtain permanent custody of Rosario, and Barbara's mother is happy with her daughter's results and wants to reward her.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Tuscan
Natale tends his vegetable garden and tries to save his strawberry plants from the neighbor's chickens.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Tuscan
Natale is proud of his fava beans, which he plans to harvest in time for the holiday family gathering on May first. Other featured produce includes artichokes and wild asparagus.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A small town in Tuscany has adopted an unusual method of garbage collection! It's a way of integrating workers with special needs into the work force, and allowing them to have more than just a job. A video by Moira Volterrani
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Italians have adopted the English term "coworking" to denote a group of independent professionals working in the same space. In her short documentary Moira Volterrani takes us to visit The Talent Garden (Tag) of Pisa.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
In this sustainable "eco-village" everyone does their part: people, animals, sun, and rain. The pay off is a non-monetary kind of wealth. A documentary by Moira Volterrani.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
Based on a true story, this film takes place in Scampia, a poor, crowded suburb just outside Naples. Having one of the highest rates of unemployment in Italy, the Camorra gets its way with many of the kids from this neighborhood, but Gianni also saves many kids by getting them involved in judo.
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