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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Caravaggio incontra il barone Cenci e sua figlia. Il barone apprezza uno dei quadri che Caravaggio ha appena completato. La figlia del barone è nella sua carrozza e scambia quattro chiacchiere con Caravaggio.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandro explains some things about the characters in his books and tells a story about when he won the Strega award. The Strega Award is the most important Italian literary award. It gets its name from one of its creators, the owner of the company producing Strega, a brand of an amaro (after-dinner, digestive bitters).

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Caption 22 [it]: Poi, appena ti dai un po' da fare,
Caption 22 [en]: Then, as soon as you get a little busy,

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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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Formaggi - D'autore - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Il formaggio (cheese) is rarely missing from an Italian kitchen. This video takes us to the mountains north of Bergamo where the Monaci family has kept the family cheese-making tradition going, beginning in the stable where the cows are taken care of during the colder months.

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Caption 17 [it]: o cremosi dal profumo di erba appena tagliata.
Caption 17 [en]: or creamy ones with the scent of freshly cut grass.

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Word seems to be getting around that Merisi is a very talented painter. In bed with malaria, Michele himself is the last one to hear about it.

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Caption 17 [it]: Ne ha appena comprati due di quadri di Merisi
Caption 17 [en]: He just bought two of Merisi's paintings

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We learn some more about the origins of Piero's Resurrection and why it might have been commissioned. As with other works of art, the Resurrection likely had political symbolism as well as religious symbolism.

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Caption 20 [it]: A Firenze, nel settembre, è stata appena scoperta e sventata
Caption 20 [en]: In Florence, in September, just discovered and blocked was

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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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In giro per l'Italia - Asciano - S. Giuliano Terme: Villa Bosniascki - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gianni explores the interior of the abandoned villa, imagining what it might have been like before.

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Caption 14 [it]: che si riescono appena appena a vedere.
Caption 14 [en]: which one can just barely see.

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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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Itinerari Della Bellezza - Trentino Alto Adige - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Buonconsiglio Castle in Beseno is the highlight of this segment. The castle boasts a frescoed cycle with scenes from the everyday life of farmers and nobles, circa 1400.

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Caption 4 [it]: ad appena quattro chilometri dal confine con la Svizzera.
Caption 4 [en]: at just four kilometers from the border with Switzerland.

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eugenio Medagliani, expert on the world of Italian cuisine, talks about the days when Gualtiero Marchesi wasn't yet very well known, but refused to make pasta dishes. He describes a trip they made together through the desert from L.A. to Las Vegas where Gualtiero started getting inspired about pasta.

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Caption 24 [it]: appena appena tiepidi, quasi freddi, con l'erba ci', cipollina,
Caption 24 [en]: barely barely lukewarm, almost cold, with chives,

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