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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 69 [it]: e siccome mi è difficile rispondere di no, ho detto di sì.
Caption 69 [en]: and since it is hard for me to say no, I said yes.

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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 26 [it]: Lei quando ha usato... siccome la parola "élite"
Caption 26 [en]: When you used... Since the word "elite"

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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 64 [it]: Eh, ebbene, siccome poi, nel tempo,
Caption 64 [en]: Uh, well, because later, over time,

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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 73 [it]: e siccome ha capito che io e te siamo innamorati,
Caption 73 [en]: and since he figured out that you and I are in love,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 16

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Saverio Marconi talks about the job of an actor. Nanni Moretti tells of an embarrassing moment on the set of a movie he was making with the Taviani brothers. Vittorio and Paolo Taviani talk about why they shot Caesar Must Die in black and white.

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Caption 11 [it]: e mi ricordo una cosa molto imbarazzante. Siccome io...
Caption 11 [en]: and I remember something very embarrassing. Since I...

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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 65 [it]: Lo so, lo so. -Comunque, siccome ti ha sentito cantare più volte,
Caption 65 [en]: I know, I know. -Anyway, since she has heard you sing a number of times,

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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 10 [it]: E siccome non lo faccio mai,
Caption 10 [en]: And since I never do this,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

A Palermo doctor is interviewed about his practice and the African and Southeast Asian immigrant patients that he treats.

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Caption 14 [it]: e siccome l'immigrazione era, in quel periodo, era soprattutto africana,
Caption 14 [en]: and because immigration was, at that time, it was above all African,

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 16

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy Milanese

Marchesi shows us a delicious dessert made from leftover panettone. Panettone is an Italian fruitcake from the Lombardy region that is traditionally served during the Christmas season. Cinepanettoni are comic movies served up during the holidays.

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Caption 35 [it]: Ora, siccome era un grande chef,
Caption 35 [en]: Now, since he was a great chef,

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Napoli - La magia del Natale a San Gregorio Armeno

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Neapolitan

The Naples Christmas market from up close. It's a rowdy scene, and there's a lot going on all at once. The famous horn shaped talisman called the cornetto is taken quite seriously as well as other instruments for keeping away the malocchio (evil eye). For more information about the cornetto, and the three r's referred to in the video, see this article in Italian.

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Caption 33 [it]: perché siccome siamo una coppia felice,
Caption 33 [en]: because since we're a happy couple,

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi's restaurant was more akin to an art exhibit, than a place where you can get something to eat.

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Caption 58 [it]: così le porzioni, siccome eran piccole, non si mangiava.
Caption 58 [en]: the servings such as they were, since they were small, one didn't [actually] eat.

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L'arte della cucina - L'Epoca delle Piccole Rivoluzioni - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

The great chef, Gualtiero Marchesi, invites us to keep on dreaming, and to believe in our dreams. He takes us into his own dream, which has to do with cuisine as art. Consequently, the way in which food is presented takes on special importance.

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Caption 40 [it]: E siccome il risultato doveva essere una creazione artistica,
Caption 40 [en]: And since the result had to be an artistic creation,

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 19

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

To please a reporter, Fellini sits and describes a typical day spent at Chianciano Terme, where he has gone for its healing thermal waters. Chianciano happens to have inspired one of his best known films, and he still sees it as a movie set. Fellini goes on to reminisce about Sundays in Rimini, and admits that his memories are a mix of fact and fantasy.

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Caption 61 [it]: Siccome inattesa, quando parte dal campanile e ti arriva alle spalle,
Caption 61 [en]: Since it's unexpected, when it ushers forth from the bell tower and arrives right behind you,

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Federico Fellini, having won three Oscars, talks about the Academy Awards and how they represent the goal of every filmmaker both in the U.S. and abroad. He goes on to talk about American cinema as mythical, legendary.

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Caption 11 [it]: Poi, invece, per "Le notti di Cabiria", siccome io non credevo che...
Caption 11 [en]: Then, instead, for "Le notti di Cabiria," as I didn't believe that...

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fellini describes his relationship to a producer who became so exasperated by the director, that he drank ink in mock suicide.

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Caption 10 [it]: e siccome, come unica arma a portata di mano...
Caption 10 [en]: and since, as the only weapon at hand...

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