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Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vittorio De Sica did different kinds of movies, both as an actor, and a director, and had great success, although critics appreciated his comedies more than his serious movies. Whatever kind of film he was directing, he laughed and cried along with the actors. They loved him.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 13 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

In her final years, Rita Levi-Montalci was very, very frail, but she never lost her combative spirit. Romano Prodi recalls the last time he saw her.

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This documentary about the life of Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director, is narrated by Marco Paolini. We begin during the occupation by the Nazis. Vittorio is in Rome shooting a film.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 22 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Moscati and his assistants do what they can, but they discover that the government has a different view of the situation.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 12 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

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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.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 21 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Elena is at the fancy dinner, and is worried about Giuseppe, but at the same time, she is fascinated by the after-dinner entertainment. Giorgio is taking advantage of Giuseppe's absence. Meanwhile, Giuseppe is working against the clock, realizing that his patient, from one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods of Naples, has a terrible disease.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 11 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

After winning the Nobel prize, Rita Levi-Montalcini was not as shy as she had been prior to that moment. Because she stood out as a woman in a "man's world," she was able to use her unique position to make her mark, not only in the science world, but in society.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 20 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

After being left by the taxi driver, Giuseppe goes in search of the Esposito home. The taxi driver was right about the danger. Meanwhile, Giorgio shows up at the dinner and greets Elena and her father.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 10 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini doesn't feel like she made any sacrifices in her life, including not having a family. She had a clear vision of what she wanted out of life, and she followed it.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 19 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Giorgio is getting settled in his new office and gets an unexpected and unwelcome visitor. Giuseppe has a big evening ahead of him with Elena and her father, but he gets some news he has to take care of and is delayed.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 18 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

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Sister Helga and Moscati give the patient a bath and talk about how medicine is nothing without love. Moscati has some unorthodox teaching methods, as well as some novel "therapy" for his patients.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The formal, ceremonious aspect of the Nobel Prize awards was not what Rita Levi-Montalcini was used to, but she used that recognition to her advantage. Winning the Nobel Prize wasn't necessarily the high point in her career.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 17 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Moscati discovers what Aniello died of and feels profoundly aggrieved and powerless. He seems to have doubts about his role as a doctor.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Because of the racial laws in Italy during the period of Fascism, many Jews left the country, including Rita Levi Montalcini. In Italy she wasn't allowed to work or publish papers, but somehow, she found a way to keep going.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 16 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Moscati can't find Aniello in the hospital and discovers he had run off. Moscati goes out looking for him.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini was a strong proponent of education and instruction as the means to gain freedom. She was also an example of it. This segment describes a visit to women in prison, and the obstacles Montalcini had to face, as a woman and as a Jew, during the Nazi-Fascist regime.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 15 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Giorgio goes to see Cloe perform, but afterwards, he makes an important decision. Giuseppe finally finds Aniello, who is not doing well at all.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

As a child, Rita Levi Montalcini was shy and insecure. Her father wanted her to get married and have children, but she had other plans for her life. She also had a twin sister who was an artist.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 14 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Both Giuseppe and Giorgio take the exam for the available position. They each have to diagnose a patient and the examination board isn't kind to either of them.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini talks about what, as a little girl, she wanted to be when she grew up. One of her main goals was to help women, especially ones from poor countries, become what they were meant to become.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 13 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Moscati risks his life to save some of the patients from the hospital. It took courage and patience.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini dedicated a great part of her life to young people, especially young researchers, and though she had no children of her own, she felt that all kinds of young people were like sons and daughters to her.

Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 12 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In 1906 Vesuvius erupted, its worst eruption of the entire 20th century. Torre del Greco, a town near Vesuvius, was particularly affected. Buildings collapsed, sick people were trapped inside the hospitals, and Giuseppe and Giorgio rushed there to help out.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini felt that imagination was the "secret sauce" of her research. And this encouraged her to turn to young people, who have plenty of imagination. She didn't hesitate to teach kids of junior high school age, which came as a surprise to some people, since she was a winner of the Nobel prize.

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