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Enel intervista - Tiziano Ferro - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Tiziano Ferro dà il via al suo eco-tour “L’amore è una cosa semplice 2012” sponsorizzato da Enel. In questo video esorta tutti ad adottare piccole abitudini “verdi” per la tutela dell’ambiente. Perché in fondo anche questo è semplice!

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L'Italia che piace - Architettura - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Designers come from all over the world to maintain an international style. Production is carried out almost exclusively in the plant located in Umbria but most of what is produced will go to markets abroad.

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Caption 20 [it]: che è il Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano,
Caption 20 [en]: which is the Italian Fund for the Environment,

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandro Piperno comes from a mixed Jewish family and recounts how he learned, at an early age, to cherish the relationship between Jerusalem and Rome, where Christianity and Judaism blend. Thus we come to the end of this episode about the region of Lazio.

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Caption 34 [it]: anche l'estate, in fondo, e mi diceva che
Caption 34 [en]: also in the summer, all in all, and he would tell me that

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Armando talks about how the works of Duchamp influenced his work and that of so many contemporary artists. The choice of a unique exhibition hall played a part, as well.

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Caption 25 [it]: perché in fondo, eh,
Caption 25 [en]: because deep down, uh,

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Annalena continues talking with Paolo Giordano, who talks about how places such as Afghanistan and Apulia have influenced his writing.

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Caption 49 [it]: Dimmi qualcosa che ti piace di Roma, che in fondo hai scelto.
Caption 49 [en]: Tell me something of what you like about Rome, which, in the end, you chose.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Journalist Annalena Benini introduces us to different writers from different places in Italy, beginning with Rome, where she interviews Chiara Gamberale, a novelist.

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Caption 66 [it]: È andata a fondo, nei suoi libri,
Caption 66 [en]: She delved deeply, in her books,

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Armando Casali - Ossidazioni, Cose dell'altro mondo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

When one retires, it can free up time as well as one's mind, providing an opportunity to experiment and find out what is important. Armando, who worked as an architect before retirement, uses photography to explore the circle of life in nature.

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Caption 46 [it]: per me è stato fondamentale per capire che poi in fondo, ehm,
Caption 46 [en]: for me it was fundamental in understanding that ultimately, then, um,

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Formaggi - D'autore - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lo stracchino is a soft, mild but flavorful cheese that's spreadable, and we find it in supermarkets all over Italy. But the kind Francesca's family produces in the mountains, with traditional tools, is on a whole other level. Why is this cheese called stracchino? There is a fascinating reason. Watch the video.

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Caption 19 [it]: e facciamo risalire quelli sul fondo.
Caption 19 [en]: and we have the ones on the bottom rise up.

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We've come to the end of this journey to find Valentina. Philip Rembrandt continues to wait, and Valentina never forgets him.

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Caption 41 [it]: [Fondo regionale per il cinema e l'audiovisivo]
Caption 41 [en]: [Regional fund for cinema and audiovisual works]

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Crepax's stories were based on imagination and vision. In those years, artists contaminated one another's works, and there was even a curious connection between Crepax's Ciao Valentina and Antonioni's Blow-Up.

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Caption 28 [it]: scopre che sul fondo ci sono i dettagli
Caption 28 [en]: discovers that in the background there are the details

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Filmmakers Tinto Brass and Giuseppe Tornatore comment on how some elements of expressivity are shared between comic strips and the cinema.

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Caption 5 [it]: ha fatto da sempre e che il cinema, in fondo,
Caption 5 [en]: have always done, and which cinema, essentially,

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This documentary is about Guido Crepax, the creator of a famous fumetto (comic strip) that came out in 1965. The main characters are Philip Rembrandt, an art critic, and Valentina Rosselli, a photojournalist.

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Caption 3 [it]: [Opera realizzata con il sostegno della Regione Lazio - Fondo regionale per il cinema e l'audiovisivo]
Caption 3 [en]: [Work created with the support of the Lazio Region - Regional fund for cinema and audiovisuals]

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We take a look at the details of Piero's Resurrezione, details we might not notice by looking at the painting as a whole. Why is Christ not dressed in white? Is there something special about the countryside in the background? The answers are fascinating.

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Caption 14 [it]: che poi avrà Michelangelo, conoscerà fino in fondo.
Caption 14 [en]: that will then have Michelangelo, will fully comprehend.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 27

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

As Mimmo and Franca enjoy the beach and swimming in the clear water, he tells her about his childhood in the town they can see from where they are sitting.

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Caption 49 [it]: Pensa che io a diciassette anni mi mettevo in fondo a quella strada
Caption 49 [en]: Just think that at seventeen, I would stand at the end of that road

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Federica Reale - Il mio mondo Su(r) - Reale

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Federica conducts art workshops for children and adults. Participants use paper, often recycled, to create highly personal books.

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Caption 16 [it]: cartoncini tagliati, ma non usati fino in fondo.
Caption 16 [en]: construction paper that's been cut but not used entirely.

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