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Benvenuti in Galera - Bollate, Milano - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Silvia and Chef Davide are discussing a reservation, and she maintains that Davide should be more flexible regarding the changes communicated by the customer. Silvia also talks about what "alternative measures" are all about.

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Caption 23 [it]: Però, insomma. -A nessun altro capiterà che do due menù
Caption 23 [en]: But, give me a break. -To no one else will I provide two menus

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Benvenuti in Galera - Bollate, Milano - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In this part, we see an excerpt from a job interview with one of the inmates at Bollate. The young man tells about the different detention experiences he had had before coming to Bollate.

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Caption 53 [it]: questa interna, o come porta vitto, dipende, insomma,
Caption 53 [en]: this internal one, or as a food carrier, it depends, in short,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Still on the beach, Pasolini asks more people their opinions on divorce, which became legal in 1970. The second part of this segment is part of a 1969 episode of Processo alla tappa, a TV talk show devoted to the Giro d'Italia (the Tour of Italy), a famous, 21-stage bike race.

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Caption 19 [it]: Lei, insomma, vorrebbe che in Italia
Caption 19 [en]: In short, you would like it if in Italy

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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 5 [it]: a ciò che è nazionale, a ciò che, insomma,
Caption 5 [en]: to what is national, to what, in short,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

This documentary opens with some lines from a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini, “10 giugno” from 1962. The famous filmmaker and poet talks about his life, beginning with his troubled relationship with his father.

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Caption 28 [it]: spiegherebbe Freud, insomma, meglio di me
Caption 28 [en]: that Freud would explain, in short, better than me

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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 33 [it]: Lo usa per ottenere piacere e questo, insomma, è un bel passaggio.
Caption 33 [en]: She uses it to obtain pleasure and this, basically, is a nice journey.

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Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

What works in the relationship between Vera and Giuliano is partly the fact that they complement each other, like yin and yang. They talk about a biographical movie they made about Giordano Bruno, a 16th-century Italian philosopher and cosmological theorist, with Gian Maria Volonté.

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Caption 21 [it]: ne ha sposato l'impegno politico con estrema facilità, insomma.
Caption 21 [en]: in short, she married his political commitment with extreme ease.

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Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Giuliano and Vera talk about some of the colorful episodes in their time together on set. Vera tells about how Giuliano accepted her daughter, Elisabetta, from a previous relationship.

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Caption 23 [it]: Insomma, dopo un po' di patemi d'animo,
Caption 23 [en]: Basically, after a bit of hand-wringing,

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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 55 [it]: ed è anche, insomma, piena di motti.
Caption 55 [en]: and it is also, in short, full of sayings.

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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 41 [it]: Be', insomma, ogni tanto acceleri, poi vai piano,
Caption 41 [en]: Well, basically, every now and then you accelerate, then you go slow.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 25

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This is the final installment of the documentary dedicated to the Taviani brothers. It concludes as they do some location scouting in the marvelous old city of Montepulciano for Maraviglioso Boccaccio (Wondrous Boccaccio), a 2015 film. Vittorio Taviani died in 2015 at the age of 88, and Paolo is 89 and still making films.

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Caption 6 [it]: [Insomma, c'è il cuore e la testa.]
Caption 6 [en]: [Basically, there's the heart and the head.]

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 19

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico can't wait to tell Franca about doing the show, but she won't take his calls, so he goes to see her in person.

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Caption 25 [it]: insomma, intrattenevo il pubblico ufficiale, come si dice.
Caption 25 [en]: in other words, I entertained the officer audience, as they say.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 24

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's not often that two people, let alone brothers, can work together in perfect harmony. But artists who have worked with the Taviani brothers say they came very close. Paolo and Vittoio knew what they wanted and they knew how they wanted to obtain it, down to the letter.

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Caption 12 [it]: Be', insomma, via. -S'è fatto [...] -Vedi, Livorno? -Sì, certo.
Caption 12 [en]: Well, basically, there you go. -You've become [...]! -You see, Livorno. -Yes of course.

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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 22 [it]: Eh? -No, niente, insomma, siamo qui per divertirci.
Caption 22 [en]: Huh? -No, nothing. I mean, we're here to enjoy ourselves.

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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 22 [it]: poi c'è... insomma, eh... è un personaggio.
Caption 22 [en]: then there is... basically, uh... it's a character.

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