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Fumettology - TEX - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This segment looks at Tex's son and "pards" (partners). And we get some answers about why he doesn't have a girlfriend.

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Caption 22 [it]: [Stai zitto, tu! Zitto e buono!]
Caption 22 [en]: [Shut up, you! Shut up and be good!]

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 30

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The episode closes with one of Domenico Modugno's most famous songs, Tu si' 'na cosa grande (you are something great to me), as Mimmo muses about the present and the future.

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Caption 19 [it]: Si pure tu staje tremmanno [napoletano: Se anche tu stai tremando]
Caption 19 [en]: If you are also trembling

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 26

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The piazza where Mimmo and Franca perform is deserted, but everything changes once he starts singing a Tarantella. Later on, Mimmo takes Franca to one of his favorite spots.

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Caption 53 [it]: "Ce sta a face? Torna Mimì" [pugliese: che stai facendo? Torna Mimì]
Caption 53 [en]: "What are you doing? Come back, Mimì."

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 23

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

At their meeting with the head of Curci music publishers in Milan, Riccardo and Mimmo dare to mention the word "contract." Once back in Rome, the Prince shows up at the artists' circle where Mimmo is having dinner.

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Caption 22 [it]: Ma ce sta a dicire [pugliese: ma che stai dicendo], Riccardo?
Caption 22 [en]: But what are you saying, Riccardo?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico isn't very adept at keeping his emotions, including jealousy, in check, and at the dinner party, he allows them to get the better of him. But there are all kinds of people at that party, and they aren't all against him.

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Caption 29 [it]: Un attimo solo, scusa. -Tu stai a disturba' [romanesco].
Caption 29 [en]: Just one moment, excuse me. -You are bothering us.

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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 42 [it]: E tu che stai facendo?
Caption 42 [en]: And what are you doing?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Mimmo is discouraged about getting rejected at the radio station, and Riccardo gives him some criticism. Franca has a different opinion. The students get together to celebrate the end of their two-year program at the Experimental Center.

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Caption 10 [it]: Ma ci sta a diciri [pugliese: che stai dicendo]?
Caption 10 [en]: But what are you talking about?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In the present, Domenico is describing his life in Rome to his audience. There are flashbacks to the reality of those times.

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Caption 64 [it]: Come stai? -Bene.
Caption 64 [en]: How are you? -Fine.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico does his audition in front of the movie camera. Then he has to figure out how to make enough money to pay for his room and board. His new friend Riccardo gives him a couple of important tips.

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Caption 44 [it]: E stai sempre meglio di me,
Caption 44 [en]: Well, you are better off than me,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico gets on the pilgrimage bus to Rome and entertains his fellow passengers with a song. Don Antonio might have made different song choices... At the convent where the pilgrims are staying, Domenico makes friends with Father Mello.

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Caption 10 [it]: Ancora qua stai?
Caption 10 [en]: You're still here?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In Sicily, at one time, horses would work in the sulfur mines and slowly become blind. The story is told through a Sicilian ballad, sung by Domenico Modugno. Mimì's mother sits with him as he prepared his bags, but she struggles to understand why he would want to leave. See complete lyrics (in Sicilian) here.

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Caption 33 [it]: Troppa responsabilità. Mi ci sta a dici [pugliese: ma che stai dicendo]?
Caption 33 [en]: Too much responsibility. What are you saying?

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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 28 [it]: Sì, mo [pugliese: adesso] a Roma stai a pensa' [pensare]!
Caption 28 [en]: Yes, but you're thinking about Rome right now!

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico tells his story to the audience, and to us, as he takes us back to when he was a youth. There was one movie theater in town, and he was always there.

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Caption 31 [it]: Stai fermo co' 'ste [con queste] mani, mi vuoi far perdere il lavoro?
Caption 31 [en]: Keep still with those hands. Do you want me to lose my job?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè loved attending performances of chivalric folk plays in Palermo. This segment follows a marionette player at Palermo's Opera dei Pupi, the same theater where Pitrè went to see folk epics.

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Caption 53 [it]: Eh, ehi, ti stai mangiando la mia spada.
Caption 53 [en]: Hey, hey, you're eating up my sword.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.

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Caption 40 [it]: E cosa provi quando stai là a spingerlo?
Caption 40 [en]: And what do you feel when you're there pushing it?

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