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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Who was the model for Valentina? Certainly, the actress Louise Brooks who portrayed Lulu in the movie Pandora's Box directed by G.W Pabst (based on two plays by Frank Wedekind), but also Crepax's wife, Luisa Mandelli.

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Caption 78 [it]: Fammi vivere ancora.
Caption 78 [en]: Let me continue to live.

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Michele and Mario are having a hard time. But Michele can't bring himself to paint things he doesn't believe in, even at the risk of going hungry.

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Caption 41 [it]: Oppure fammi un quadro.
Caption 41 [en]: Or else make me a painting.

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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 38 [it]: E fammi nu [pugliese: un] sorriso, mannaggia a ti [pugliese: te].
Caption 38 [en]: And give me a smile, damn you.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 24

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Before the prince leaves the gathering in a very melancholy mood, he tells Mimmo about a job. Mimmo gets the job, but has a hard time satisfying the director (who is a bit eccentric, it must be said). Franca comes to the theater to see Mimmo at a certain point, but it might not have been the right moment.

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Caption 50 [it]: E tira su questa gonnellina, fammi vedere qualcosa.
Caption 50 [en]: And pull up this little skirt, let me see something.

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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 28 [it]: Dai, fammi entrare, gli chiedo un autografo.
Caption 28 [en]: Come on, let me in. I'll ask him for his autograph.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico goes to the Experimental Center where there is a sea of candidates waiting their turns to go in and take the entrance exam. He meets a friendly guy named Riccardo Pazzaglia. He also meets a girl who is rather nervous and feeling insecure.

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Caption 61 [it]: Sì. -Vai, vai, fammi sentire.
Caption 61 [en]: Yes. -Go, go, let me hear.

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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 59 [it]: Va be', visto che l'hai aperta fammi vedere che c'è scritto.
Caption 59 [en]: OK, since you opened it, let me see what's written.

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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 45 [it]: Allora... fammi vedere un momentino.
Caption 45 [en]: So... let me see a minute.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 12

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini loves working with Marcello Mastroianni. He tells us why, and in doing so, tells a great story about a fake bullet wound.

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Caption 9 [it]: Fammi vedere.
Caption 9 [en]: Let me see.

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