Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
At work, Paolo finds himself doing what he used to do in his school days. At home, however, as he and Maura paint the walls of their new home, he sees a Spider convertible in a newspaper ad for the movie, La dolce vita and starts fantasizing.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Paolo and Maura take their little girl to her grandmother's so they can spend some time together. Maura wants to go to the movies, but Paolo has a surprise for her, and they speed off in the Spider.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
After the enthusiasm of the morning when they arrived, Paolo can't sleep because he thinks he's a failure and wishes he could change his life. Maura tries to comfort him, but she also has some news.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Paolo enjoys composing songs with his friend, Fabrizio, to distract himself, while Maura, pregnant with their second child, puts little Elisabetta to bed. When the baby is born, at the hospital, friends joke about the heir and Paolo's steady job.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Paolo skips work because he wants to dedicate himself to what he really likes to do. When Faber invites him to perform, at first Maura seems annoyed but in the end she supports him.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Paolo, after a show, receives a proposal from an impresario to perform in his theater. Later, at the company Christmas dinner, he is given the task of organizing the exchanging of gifts, but he uses the occasion to tell those gathered what he really thinks.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
After the company Christmas dinner is over, Paolo returns to Maura, who seems almost relieved that it went badly. For Christmas Eve dinner, the two join the children at the grandparents' house, but an inevitable conversation awaits Paolo.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
You might be familiar with Campari Soda, which comes in a distinctive little bottle, but the cocktail described in this video uses Campari Bitter, the liqueur Campari Soda is made from.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
If you would like a non-alcoholic cocktail (sometimes called a mocktail), try this recipe for the exclusive Sahara from the VintRò bar in Mazara del Vallo in Sicily.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Italy
Vincenzo, a barman in Mazara del Vallo (a place you will certainly want to visit if you go to Sicily), demonstrates how to make a drink you will find exclusively at his bar, called VintRo'.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondi is a sculptor who lives and works in Pietrasanta, a Tuscan town famous for its marble and marble sculptors. He talks about an upcoming exhibition.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondi, sculptor, takes us into his "thinking room" and talks about the process of taking a block of marble and turning it into a work of art.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The artist takes to the fascinating world of the marble quarries where he chooses the blocks of marble which he will transform into works of art.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Claudio Capotondo talks about the tools and techniques that enable him to transform a block of marble or porphyry (a kind of igneous rock) into a work of art.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
"Innercore" is the title, inspired by an article in the New York Times, of Claudio Capotondi's masterpiece. He talks about the significance of the sculpture, and about the special kind of stone he used to make it.
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