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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Capatti ricorda i vecchi tempi e torna con la memoria alla Parigi degli anni sessanta e ai suoi ristoranti d'atmosfera, con le tende di velluto rosso, le luci soffuse, il camino e dieci tipi di formaggi... nulla a che vedere con la nouvelle cuisine insomma!

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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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L'Italia che piace - Esperienze Gastronomiche - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How are the harvested truffles divided up? And besides being sold whole, how are they further processed? Paolo and Stefania tell us the story.

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Caption 28 [it]: Questo per me quello che, insomma...
Caption 28 [en]: This for me is what, basically...

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L'Italia che piace - Esperienze Gastronomiche - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This episode is about a specialty from Colonnata, a little village above Carrara, where marble is quarried. It's pork lard, which may not sound very appetizing but is beloved by Italians all over the peninsula. A little goes a long way, but savored with typical unsalted Tuscan bread, it is pretty special. And marble plays an important part.

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Caption 51 [it]: ma non lo sono, insomma.
Caption 51 [en]: but are not, in short.

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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 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Which came first? Blow-Up or Ciao Valentina? Which work stole from the other? In any case, there are some striking similarities.

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Caption 20 [it]: E gli dicevo: "Be', ma insomma, i misteri delle tue storie
Caption 20 [en]: And I told him: "Well, basically, the mysteries of your stories

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Who was the model for Valentina? Certainly, the actress Louise Brooks who portrayed Lulu in the movie Pandora's Box directed by G.W Pabst (based on two plays by Frank Wedekind), but also Crepax's wife, Luisa Mandelli.

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Caption 24 [it]: ma insomma, sicuramente, sarà,
Caption 24 [en]: but in short, for sure, it will be,

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Pomodori Vulcanici - Pomodori del Vesuvio - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This land is not only good for cultivating grapes for wine, but also the special piennolo tomatoes, that keep for several months.

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Caption 18 [it]: per fare vini, insomma, di qualità superiore.
Caption 18 [en]: for making wines, in short, of superior quality.

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Guido Crepax's son Antonio talks about the day Antonio Custra was killed in May of 1977, during an armed demonstration in Milan. This was during the so-called anni di piombo (years of lead), a period of social turmoil, political violence and upheaval that lasted from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, marked by a wave of both far-left and far-right incidents of political terrorism and violent clashes. Many demonstrators were arrested, but Antonio Crepax managed not to get loaded onto a paddy wagon.

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Caption 40 [it]: per cui è, è un armadio magico, insomma, diciamo.
Caption 40 [en]: so it's, it's a magic wardrobe, basically, shall we say.

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Crepax loved playing at battles and would change the outcomes, using his friends to fine-tune the moves. He had some famous personalities as willing participants in the games, too.

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Caption 27 [it]: ma insomma, si serviva dei suoi amici,
Caption 27 [en]: but basically, he used his friends

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Besides his much better known activity as a graphic artist, Crepax was a keen wargamer and wargame designer and collector of paper soldiers, drawn by himself.

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Caption 55 [it]: nel, nel mentre dorme, eccetera eccetera, insomma.
Caption 55 [en]: in, while he sleeps, et cetera, et cetera, in short.

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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

One of Crepax's techniques is to use the details of everyday life to build his stories and provide context. We even see the titles of the books in Valentina's bookcase.

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Caption 8 [it]: in calzamaglia, insomma, ancora, ancora incerta,
Caption 8 [en]: in bodysuits, in short, still, still uncertain,

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