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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

I fratelli Taviani sottolineano che il loro non era cinema politico anche se agli occhi di molti sembrava proprio così.

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Benvenuti in Galera - Bollate, Milano - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Two inmates from the Bollate prison who work in the kitchen share their perspectives about the outside and how to become reintegrated in society. Both agree that it's not easy but that inmates are people, too.

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Caption 51 [it]: sette occhi, due teste, tre nasi?
Caption 51 [en]: seven eyes, two heads, three noses?

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Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 16

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Vera and Giuliano are each true fans of the other. But Vera can't help preferring Giuliano's directing artistry to his acting skills.

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Caption 32 [it]: E gli occhi tuoi sinceri
Caption 32 [en]: And your sincere eyes

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Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Giuliano tells about meeting Vera for the first time, and then he and Vera take turns telling about how their relationship developed.

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Caption 19 [it]: Oh, mi ricordo questi occhi celesti, meravigliosi
Caption 19 [en]: Oh, I remember those blue eyes, marvelous,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 29

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Mimmo goes to Paris and hears some great music, but doesn't have much success with his songs. That leaves him little choice but to go to Canada. It's cold there! He keeps in touch with Franca during his travels.

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Caption 15 [it]: canta con gli occhi, con le mani,
Caption 15 [en]: she sings with her eyes, with her hands,

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 28

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

When they get to his hometown, there's one person Mimmo doesn't want to see and one person he does want to see. Later on, he talks to Franca about how frustrated he is about his career.

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Caption 36 [it]: "Ehm, hai gli occhi interessanti, però, però, però, però, però", tutti però.
Caption 36 [en]: "Hmm, you have interesting eyes, but, but, but, but, but." Everyone says "but."

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 23

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers reveal some tricks used during the filming of The Night of San Lorenzo and tell us how they managed to combine a particular sequence of the film with the cornerstone of Greek literature, The Iliad.

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Caption 52 [it]: vedendo la realtà con i suoi occhi,
Caption 52 [en]: seeing the reality with her eyes,

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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 10 [it]: e il cinema di grande invenzione ne'... negli occhi.
Caption 10 [en]: and grand innovative cinema in... in their eyes.

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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 45 [it]: Più... -"More crazy" [inglese: più pazza]. -"Crazy in the eyes... in the eyes" [inglese: pazza negli occhi...negli occhi]. -Più pazza. -OK.
Caption 45 [en]: More... -More crazy. -Crazy in the eyes... in the eyes. -Crazier. -OK.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

While the hopeful actors are waiting at the gates of Cinecittà for a bit part, a famous actor drives out and causes a stir. Back at the convent, Domenico sings a song about a cricket in love with the moon. If you want to hear the whole song sung by Modugno, check it out here.

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Caption 52 [it]: con quegli occhi da diavolo.
Caption 52 [en]: with those devilish eyes.

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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 33 [it]: Ha recitato con quegli occhi tutti emozionati.
Caption 33 [en]: She acted with those emotional eyes.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The directors talk about the important role the sea played in their films. Another element that played an important part was color, used to express feelings and situations.

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Caption 74 [it]: Da bambini Fulvio diceva: "Chiudiamo gli occhi [Allonsanfan]
Caption 74 [en]: When we were kids, Fulvio would say, "Let's close our eyes ["Allonsanfan" – nineteen hundred and seventy-four]

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

A woman performs a traditional Sicilian ritual involving the sticking of pins into an onion, accompanied by prayers, in order to bring back the boyfriend of her suppliant.

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Caption 16 [it]: Tanto tanto. -Guardami negli occhi.
Caption 16 [en]: Totally sure. -Look in my eyes.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè received his degree in medicine in 1865. His patients, among Palermo's poorest, provided him with a wealth of ethnographic material.

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Caption 19 [it]: che scompariva davanti ai suoi occhi.
Caption 19 [en]: which was disappearing before his eyes.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

This segment focuses on an actor who retells and acts out stories from Sicily's past, speaking in Sicilian dialect. He uses the Pitrè Museum as a source for material. The museum houses a manuscript with over 4,000 Sicilian proverbs, just one of the many volumes of Sicilian ethnographic material.

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Caption 48 [it]: perché gli occhi [gli] si illuminavano e quindi rimanevano belli svegli.
Caption 48 [en]: because their eyes lit up and they stayed wide awake.

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