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In giro per l'Italia - La Valle del Sorbo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

To take a break from the hustle and bustle of Rome, there is a place waiting for you, just 40 minutes away, where horses and cows graze in the wild, and where there is plenty of interesting flora and fauna to observe: The Sorbo Valley.

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Caption 1 [it]: Ciao! Stai pianificando un viaggio a Roma?
Caption 1 [en]: Hi! Are you planning a trip to Rome?

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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 6 [it]: Ah, come stai?
Caption 6 [en]: Ah, how are you?

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Even though Aldo and Margherita were very different in many ways, they came together in their skepticism. Towards the end of her life, Margherita couldn't move around much, but her brain never stopped going.

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Caption 21 [it]: Gli [sic: le] ho chiesto: "Margherita, come stai?"
Caption 21 [en]: I asked her: "Margherita, how are you?"

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Not only did she win a Nobel prize; in her own country, she was appointed as a Senator for life, a great honor. But she took that job seriously and participated actively and with integrity. Not everyone appreciated that.

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Caption 64 [it]: ti rendi conto che non stai raccontando una storia banale,
Caption 64 [en]: you realize that you are not telling a trivial story,

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Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Giuliano and Vera talk a little bit about the music for the Sacco and Vanzetti film, as well as a serendipitous moment in NY connected with that. When the film came out it had success, especially with young people. Their outrage about the unfair trial led to the governor of Massachusetts recognizing the unfairness of their trial.

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Caption 24 [it]: "Ah, glielo do stasera, stai tranquillo".
Caption 24 [en]: "Ah, I will give it to her tonight, don't worry."

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Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

During the pandemic, there were those who couldn't do their shopping for one reason or another, so volunteers would help out. Some could pay for their groceries, but others couldn't. At the beginning of the video, we're in the ZEN, a housing project on the outskirts of Palermo. ZEN stands for Zona Espansione Nord (northern expansion zone). Towards the end of the segment, we're at Milan's Pio Albergo Trivulzio, a nursing home and hospital where many people died in the first wave of Covid-19.

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Caption 31 [it]: Ciao. Stai là, eh. -Tutto bene?
Caption 31 [en]: Hi. Stay there, huh. -Everything all right?

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Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

During the pandemic, children keep being born, which is a a joyous event. At the same time, people, especially the elderly, die with no loved ones around, no closure, no goodbyes. The doctors and nurses worry constantly about having been careful enough with their PPE.

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Caption 60 [it]: E per quanto ci stai attento, temi sempre che, di non essere abbastanza attento.
Caption 60 [en]: And however careful you are, you always fear that you are not being careful enough.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 30

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The episode closes with one of Domenico Modugno's most famous songs, Tu si' 'na cosa grande (you are something great to me), as Mimmo muses about the present and the future.

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Caption 19 [it]: Si pure tu staje tremmanno [napoletano: Se anche tu stai tremando]
Caption 19 [en]: If you are also trembling

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 26

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The piazza where Mimmo and Franca perform is deserted, but everything changes once he starts singing a Tarantella. Later on, Mimmo takes Franca to one of his favorite spots.

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Caption 53 [it]: "Ce sta a face? Torna Mimì" [pugliese: che stai facendo? Torna Mimì]
Caption 53 [en]: "What are you doing? Come back, Mimì."

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 23

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

At their meeting with the head of Curci music publishers in Milan, Riccardo and Mimmo dare to mention the word "contract." Once back in Rome, the Prince shows up at the artists' circle where Mimmo is having dinner.

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Caption 22 [it]: Ma ce sta a dicire [pugliese: ma che stai dicendo], Riccardo?
Caption 22 [en]: But what are you saying, Riccardo?

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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 48 [it]: dentro e fuori quello che stai facendo.
Caption 48 [en]: inside and outside what you are doing.

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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 10 [it]: C'è grano, c'è grano. Fermo, stai fermo.
Caption 10 [en]: There's wheat there, there's wheat there. Stop, keep still.

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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 29 [it]: Un attimo solo, scusa. -Tu stai a disturba' [romanesco].
Caption 29 [en]: Just one moment, excuse me. -You are bothering us.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 16

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico keeps telling his story, fast-forwarding a bit, and focuses on when he got a new place to live with his friends helping him, and meeting up with Franca again.

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Caption 42 [it]: E tu che stai facendo?
Caption 42 [en]: And what are you doing?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Mimmo is discouraged about getting rejected at the radio station, and Riccardo gives him some criticism. Franca has a different opinion. The students get together to celebrate the end of their two-year program at the Experimental Center.

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Caption 10 [it]: Ma ci sta a diciri [pugliese: che stai dicendo]?
Caption 10 [en]: But what are you talking about?

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