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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The nineteen twenties ushered in sound in cinema. Italy's L.U.C.E. [L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa or Educational Film Union] was founded in 1924 and generated the fascist regime's cinematic propaganda.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Uno dei riti diffusi nella cultura siciliana prevede l'utilizzo di una cipolla e di cinque spilli. Questo rito è accompagnato da una preghiera-scongiuro in dialetto siciliano per l’amore, "Angelo dell’Eterna Luce", in cui sono chiamati a raccolta Angeli, Arcangeli, Serafini e Cherubini per venire in aiuto di chi scongiura.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

I profumi, la luce, l'odore del mare della Sicilia sono un richiamo costante, soprattutto quando si decide di lasciare questa terra. Con Pitrè tutto quello che caratterizza la Sicilia viene conservato e ricordato. Soprattutto il dialetto, che negli ultimi anni è stato dimenticato portando la perdita dell'identità regionale.

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Autocollection - EP2 - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The green Bianchina is not in very good condition, beginning with the engine, where there are serious oil leaks. René Arnoux, in the driver's seat, discusses the dashboard with its buttons and lights.

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Caption 17 [it]: c'è la luce,
Caption 17 [en]: there's the light,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 12

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pasolini talks about the gates to the city of Orte. They may be simple, and built by unnamed men, but that doesn't mean they don't have value to protect. He moves on to talk about Sabaudia, a city built by the fascist regime, on reclaimed marshland, roughly halfway between Rome and Naples.

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Caption 36 [it]: immersa in una specie di grigia luce lagunare,
Caption 36 [en]: immersed in a kind of gray lagoon light,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

In a Q & A, Pasolini explains to a journalist what he means when he refers to the elite. In another clip, he asks people on the beach about sex.

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Caption 5 [it]: Non crede che questo giudizio, anche alla luce dei
Caption 5 [en]: Don't you believe that this judgment, even in light of,

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini was a strong proponent of education and instruction as the means to gain freedom. She was also an example of it. This segment describes a visit to women in prison, and the obstacles Montalcini had to face, as a woman and as a Jew, during the Nazi-Fascist regime.

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Caption 49 [it]: finalmente vede la luce.
Caption 49 [en]: finally sees the light.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how color and images can be more important than the story itself. There are clips from interviews with them when they were much younger, and the director of photography contributes some thoughts, as well. The movie featured in this segment is Good Morning, Babylon from 1987.

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Caption 12 [it]: uscire proprio in piena luce.
Caption 12 [en]: going right out into full light.

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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 62 [it]: Mo [pugliese: adesso] ti porto fuori a conoscere la luce, Peppi'.
Caption 62 [en]: I'm going to take you out now, to meet the light, Peppi'.

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

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This biopic about Domenico Modugno, one of the most beloved Italian pop singers of all time, best known for his hit song, Volare, begins with a hymn to life. Enjoy!

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Caption 31 [it]: La luce di un mattino [Direttore di produzione] [Aiuto regia]
Caption 31 [en]: The light of a morning [Production manager] [Assistant director]

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how, as young movie lovers, they would grab their bikes and go to whatever movie theater in the area was showing their favorite films. Then they had to go to the big city, Rome, to pitch their first documentary. They learned a valuable lesson.

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Caption 73 [it]: Venne la luce,
Caption 73 [en]: The lights went on,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This documentary is about 2 brothers — the Taviani brothers — who are famous for having made many award-winning Italian movies. The short clips from their films will surely entice us to see the complete movies in the original Italian. Perhaps the most famous one is La Notte di San Lorenzo from 1982, whose English language release had the title: The Night of the Shooting Stars.

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Caption 1 [it]: [Istituto Luce Cinecittà]
Caption 1 [en]: [Orme, Surf Film, Istituto Luce Cinecittà]

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The narrator goes over the vanishingly small number of expressions coined during Mussolini's time that are still in use today. The song that gives the series its name is provided in full.

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Caption 24 [it]: [Una produzione Istituto Luce Cinecittà]
Caption 24 [en]: [A production of the Istituto Luce Cinecittà]

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The documentary comes to a close with an interview regarding a prison cell used during the Inquisition. The cell bears the graffiti of its inmates. Pitrè had laboriously uncovered the graffiti, but it was only rediscovered in the 1970s by the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the interviewee in this segment, Giuseppe Quatriglio, who used Pitrè's writing to find it.

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Caption 14 [it]: Naturalmente l'occhio si è dovuto abituare alla poca luce,
Caption 14 [en]: Naturally, the eyes had to become accustomed to the low light,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.

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Caption 29 [it]: Proprio... portato via dal, dal buio verso la luce.
Caption 29 [en]: Actually... taken away, from, from darkness to light.

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