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

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico Modugno sta iniziando a muovere i primi passi nel mondo del cinema e riesce addirittura a cambiare casa! I suoi amici Riccardo e Franco sono sempre al suo fianco. Dopo aver saputo che Franca sarebbe andata ad una festa a casa del principe Lanza di Trabia, Domenico si fa invitare per rivederla.

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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 15 [it]: addirittura contro la lingua italiana tout court
Caption 15 [en]: even against the Italian language, period,

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Valentina's success coincided with the beginnings of feminist movements in Italy. She depicted a woman who was strong and independent, who could do anything a man could do, a departure from the stereotype of the Italian housewife.

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Caption 13 [it]: tutt'altro, no? E anzi, hanno chiesto addirittura scusa,
Caption 13 [en]: the total opposite, right? And in fact, they even apologized to him,

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Campidoglio

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Take your time with this episode about Rome because it is chock full of information. Il Campidoglio, also called Monte Capitolino, is the smallest of the seven hills of Rome, but it's the most important because that's where the mayor's office is, as well. Where did the word "capitol" come from? Fulvio has the answer. He also talks about where the word "money" comes from. And you will recognize the name of the architect who designed the piazza and its surrounding buildings.

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Caption 30 [it]: addirittura una costellazione perché Castore e Polluce
Caption 30 [en]: was even a constellation, because Castor and Pollux

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma La Porta Magica

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio shows tells us the story of a door, a very famous door, called the Alchemist's Door, also called the Magic Door, or the Door to Heaven, a monument built by Massimiliano Savelli Palombara, Marquis of Pietraforte on the grounds of his villa in Rome.

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Caption 19 [it]: qualcun altro la chiama Porta dei Cieli, addirittura.
Caption 19 [en]: others even call it the Door to Heaven.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 21

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

We learn about the ideas behind the movies, Father and Master and The Night of the Shooting Stars, and how music played a major role in both movies.

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Caption 38 [it]: Il tutto, eh, è raccontato da una bimba che c'ha addirittura le visioni.
Caption 38 [en]: The whole thing, uh, is told by a little girl who even has visions.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 20

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Music and sound have major roles in the movies of the Taviani brothers. Notably, the tarantella from Allonsanfàn, written by Ennio Morricone, was also used by Tarantino in one of his movies, and that's when it became famous.

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Caption 1 [it]: "Allonsanfàn" addirittura s'apre con, con un...
Caption 1 [en]: "Allonsanfàn" even opens with, with a...

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Isabelle Huppert talks (in French) about the craziness of the film and the Taviani brothers talk about the character of their male protagonist and why they set the film in Tuscany, even though the story is German.

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Caption 8 [it]: che in questo momento tu cedi addirittura
Caption 8 [en]: that at this point you even give in

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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 29 [it]: è andata come un treno, alla fine, addirittura,
Caption 29 [en]: She went like a train [she ran away with it]. At the end, in fact,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The political vision of the Taviani brothers comes through in their movies, especially Allonsanfàn. The choices they made in the story were simply a reflection of their thinking at the time, not because the movies themselves were affiliated with a particular political party.

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Caption 33 [it]: i, i suoi vecchi amici, li tradisce addirittura.
Caption 33 [en]: his, his old friends, he even betrays them.

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Artist Nanda Vigo, a friend of Gualtiero Marchesi's, tells us what it was like to be an artist back in those days, and how Marchesi was involved.

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Caption 13 [it]: eh... e addirittura il mio compagno, che era Piero Manzoni,
Caption 13 [en]: eh... and even my partner, who was Piero Manzoni,

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi has been described as growing up in a pot. While training under the eye of his mother, he began to specialize in tavola calda e fredda (hot and cold food service) which, usually connected with a bar, offers quality ready-to-eat dishes. La Cucina Italiana (Italian Cooking) is a periodical that's been on newsstands since 1929. Paola Ricas, who was an editor there, shares a special moment in its history.

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Caption 37 [it]: e lui dice addirittura eh... essendo stato allevato eh... in una pentola
Caption 37 [en]: and he even says, uh... having been raised, uh... in a pot

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero's friends continue telling the story of the 1970s, when he finally opened his restaurant, on the via Bonvesin de la Riva in Milan. It was rough.

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Caption 33 [it]: con la maggioranza silenziosa che da silenziosa era diventata addirittura sorda,
Caption 33 [en]: with the silent majority who, from being silent became deaf as well,

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L'arte della cucina - Terre d'Acqua - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

"Starvation gastronomy " describes the humble origins of Italian cuisine. Inventing recipes based on whatever was available in the territory resulted in regional dishes that have become famous today.

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Caption 24 [it]: non solo cucina povera, ma addirittura di una gastronomia della fame,
Caption 24 [en]: not only peasant cooking, but even of a gastronomy of hunger,

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini is at Cannes for the festival and screening of La Dolce Vita. He tells of his ironic encounters with unusual characters, who complain about the oddity of Fellini's movie characters.

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Caption 12 [it]: urlasse, addirittura si mettesse a cantare,
Caption 12 [en]: he'd shout, and would even start singing,

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