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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Con la storia del suo primo racconto, Melania parla di come è stato il rapporto con suo padre. La scrittrice pensava di poter custodire la scrittura e tenerla privata, ma grazie al suo nome non è andata proprio così.

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Arianna spiega - vivere all'estero

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Arianna si è trasferita da poco a Londra e sta cercando di adattarsi il più possibile allo stile di vita inglese. Però ci sono delle cose a cui proprio non riesce ad abituarsi. Scoprite cosa...

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Federico Fellini parla del protagonista del suo capolavoro cinematografico "La Dolce Vita", e lo descrive come un uomo comune, pieno di paure e speranze, proprio come ognuno di noi.

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Professioni e mestieri - Rivenditore per parrucchieri - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonella ci racconta cosa significa lavorare in un negozio di bellezza: non è un negozio qualsiasi, qui si parla di amore verso se stessi curando semplicemente il proprio aspetto esteriore.

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi ci parla dello chef come artista, e di come gli chef possano distinguersi attraverso un proprio stile artistico ben definito. Inoltre parla dell'arte del trancio e di come può essere utilizzata direttamente a tavola.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Francesco Piccolo tells the story of Caserta through the places of his childhood, weaving together personal memories and reflections on fragility, identity, and the origins of his vocation as a writer. Note that our host, Annalena, talks about moments of negligible happiness and unhappiness. She is also referring to the titles of Piccolo's 2 books, Momenti di trascurabile felicità and Momenti di trascurabile infelicità. There is a film based on both books, whose English title is "Ordinary Happiness."

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Caption 35 [it]: Ecco qui, proprio sotto quest'albero
Caption 35 [en]: Look, here, right under this tree,

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Diego De Silva talks about his journey as a writer, explaining how he has tackled themes such as the Camorra and pain with an anti-rhetorical style. He shows how, through irony and humor, it is possible to better understand reality, distance oneself from it, and reflect on the values that truly matter.

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Caption 27 [it]: cercando di mettermi proprio nella sua testa.
Caption 27 [en]: trying to get right into his head.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Diego De Silva talks about his connection with Salerno and reflects on how contradictions, uneasiness, and complex relationships with one's places of origin fuel writing. Through personal memories and references to Vincenzo Malinconico, a character in one of his books, emerges the portrait of an author who transforms lived experience into storytelling and literature.

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Caption 25 [it]: Penso proprio che non sia un dettaglio
Caption 25 [en]: I really think it's not a detail,

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Valeria Parrella talks about how light and hope are central elements of her writing, even in the most difficult stories. The journey then continues to Salerno, where a meeting with writer Diego De Silva offers an insight into his career and the themes of his novels, touching on social reality, irony, and human relationships.

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Caption 19 [it]: tu il quadro non lo puoi proprio fare.
Caption 19 [en]: you just can't create the painting.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Valeria Parrella talks about her relationship with Naples and her way of writing about it, based on direct observation and listening to people, far from the usual stereotypes. Her writing stems from an "intermediate" point of view, close to everyday reality.

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Caption 15 [it]: Cioè, io la vedo proprio.
Caption 15 [en]: I mean, I really see it.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Valeria Parrella talks about her intense and contradictory bond with Naples and the neighborhood she lives in. The full-time innovative Donna Assunta school overlooks the sea, but faces Nisida, the juvenile detention center. Naples, she says, is not a city you can just live in and ignore, and has become for her an inexhaustible source of literary inspiration.

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Caption 2 [it]: proprio anche per la vita della tua famiglia.
Caption 2 [en]: especially for your family life.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Author Valeria Parrella talks about the connection between her novel Almarina and various locations within Naples: Nisida (a volcanic islet that houses a juvenile detention center) and Bagnoli (a seaside neighborhood of Naples). What emerges is the portrait of an intense and contradictory city, marked by working-class identity, the sea, and the reality of juvenile prison.

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Caption 56 [it]: è proprio nell'interno, nell'hinterland.
Caption 56 [en]: is right in the interior, in the hinterland.

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Romanzo Italiano - Campania - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Valeria Parrella recounts her deep and complex bond with Naples, a city that is all about language, identity, and memory. Through Almarina, a Naples that is 'wonderful and terrible' emerges, but also a place of freedom, growth, and hope.

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Caption 9 [it]: È proprio un rapporto paritario.
Caption 9 [en]: It's truly a relationship of peers.

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Professioni e mestieri - La chef Sandra Stefani - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The story of Sandra continues, a restaurateur in Miami, chosen to cook at a White House event for Barack Obama. Between initial disbelief and rigorous security checks, the experience becomes a source of great pride for her. The story also highlights the value of friendship and the importance of reinventing oneself in life.

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Caption 58 [it]: proprio quando ha aperto questo ristorante -Sì.
Caption 58 [en]: precisely when she opened this restaurant. -Yes.

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Professioni e mestieri - La chef Sandra Stefani - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Sandra tells about her immigration experience to the United States in 1979. At first, without knowing English well and without technology, she faces many difficulties in daily life and in finding work. Starting from a simple job as a coat check attendant in a restaurant, she slowly begins a new life that would later lead her to become a chef.

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Caption 15 [it]: una, [sic] proprio una nuova vita
Caption 15 [en]: a, really, a whole new life

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