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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pasolini talks about how artists are always controversial. They are a living protest. His protest involves language and national identity.

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Caption 3 [it]: Appena apre bocca, contesta qualcosa al conformismo,
Caption 3 [en]: As soon as he opens his mouth, he challenges something of conformism,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pasolini talks about his first book of poetry and what he realized about his country when it was published in 1942. He explains why reviewers wouldn't touch it.

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Caption 9 [it]: me ne son reso conto immediatamente appena uscito il libro.
Caption 9 [en]: I realized this immediately, as soon as the book came out.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 25

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Franca, disappointed and hurt, goes to visit her grandmother in Sicily and writes a letter to Mimmo.

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Caption 6 [it]: Appena arrivata a Roma ero venuta al teatro dove lavoravi.
Caption 6 [en]: As soon as I got to Rome, I came to the theater where you were working,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 16

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico keeps telling his story, fast-forwarding a bit, and focuses on when he got a new place to live with his friends helping him, and meeting up with Franca again.

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Caption 38 [it]: Io appena posso mi sposo con Rosi.
Caption 38 [en]: As soon as I can, I am going to marry Rosi.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico happens to get a glimpse of Vittorio De Sica himself and chases him down to ask him for a part.

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Caption 81 [it]: Appena sai del film in preparazione,
Caption 81 [en]: As soon as you hear about the film in the workings,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico asks his cousin for some money to go to Rome, and goes to see the town priest to see if he can get a ride. But there is an emergency, and his priorities have to shift.

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Caption 5 [it]: io appena faccio i soldi te ne do dieci volte di più, Sergio,
Caption 5 [en]: As soon as I make money, I'll give you ten times more, Sergio,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè was an ethnologist who collected documents pertaining to Sicily and its culture and traditions. His work is the basis for this documentary, which unites live footage, drawings, and archival documents.

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Caption 34 [it]: quello di una donna palermitana di appena vent'anni, Concettina.
Caption 34 [en]: that of a Palermitan woman of barely twenty years, Concettina.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 21

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

This is the last segment of a series of interviews focused on one of the greatest film directors of all time. Fellini, in saying he doesn't have much to say, says it all.

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Caption 6 [it]: "chiamatemi, voglio telefonare a Federico, appena la radio..."
Caption 6 [en]: 'call me,' I want to call Federico, as soon as the radio..."

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 16

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

For the filming of a scene from Satyricon, Fellini, on the set at Cinecittà, patiently rehearses with an actor who's supposed to count from one to four.

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Caption 28 [it]: U'... abba', appena co'... appena, appena, piano, piano.
Caption 28 [en]: One... lower, just a bit with... just a bit, just a bit, slowly, slowly.

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Anna e Marika - in Il Barbiere di Siviglia di Gioacchino Rossini - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Meet the characters from The Barber of Seville, an opera by Gioacchino Rossini that was first performed in 1816: brought to you by Anna and Marika.

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Caption 42 [it]: la quale, appena la legge, decide di non arrestarlo più.
Caption 42 [en]: who, as soon as they read it, decide not to arrest him after all.

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Anna e Marika - in La Gazza Ladra - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Ninetta is in prison, condemned to death, and things are looking very bleak, indeed. Don't worry though; in the end, love and justice win out, and everyone except the magistrate lives happily ever after.

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Caption 5 [it]: Appena va via Giannetto, arriva di nuovo il Podestà,
Caption 5 [en]: As soon as Giannetto leaves, the magistrate shows up again,

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Anna e Marika - in La Traviata di Giuseppe Verdi - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Violetta writes a letter of farewell to Alfredo. He is miserable, but hears of a party where he is sure to see her. But there, things go from bad to worse. Alfredo ends up having to live abroad, and Violetta's illness gets much worse. Will they ever be able to embrace each other again?

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Caption 45 [it]: faccio appena in tempo a stringermi tra le sue braccia.
Caption 45 [en]: I'm only just in time to be held in his arms.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Crowds of Romans gather to watch the filming of Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain. Federico Fellini tells of his inspirations for the film La Dolce Vita.

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Caption 10 [it]: spero -a Anita Ekberg. -di riprovare appena...
Caption 10 [en]: I hope -with Anita Ekberg. -to try again just as soon...

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Olio Extra Vergine Pugliese - Introduzione e cenni storici

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Raffaele, a producer of extra virgin olive oil from Apulia, tells us about the ancient origins of his olive groves. Many of the trees are centuries old, some are even over a thousand years old, and continue to produce excellent oil.

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Caption 21 [it]: Testimone di quello che vi ho appena detto
Caption 21 [en]: Bearing witness of what I have just told you

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