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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The nineteen twenties ushered in sound in cinema. Italy's L.U.C.E. [L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa or Educational Film Union] was founded in 1924 and generated the fascist regime's cinematic propaganda.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Uno dei riti diffusi nella cultura siciliana prevede l'utilizzo di una cipolla e di cinque spilli. Questo rito è accompagnato da una preghiera-scongiuro in dialetto siciliano per l’amore, "Angelo dell’Eterna Luce", in cui sono chiamati a raccolta Angeli, Arcangeli, Serafini e Cherubini per venire in aiuto di chi scongiura.

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

I profumi, la luce, l'odore del mare della Sicilia sono un richiamo costante, soprattutto quando si decide di lasciare questa terra. Con Pitrè tutto quello che caratterizza la Sicilia viene conservato e ricordato. Soprattutto il dialetto, che negli ultimi anni è stato dimenticato portando la perdita dell'identità regionale.

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Si intitola Me Ne Frego il documentario dell'Istituto Luce a cura della linguista Valeria Della Valle e del regista Vanni Gandolfo, presentato alla Mostra del Cinema di Venezia e dedicato alla "bonifica" fascista della lingua italiana. Un efficace viaggio nel tempo, il recupero di un'Italia dimenticata, ridicola nel suo purismo nazionalistico ma drammatica per la violenza dei divieti.

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Autocollection - EP2 - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The green Bianchina is not in very good condition, beginning with the engine, where there are serious oil leaks. René Arnoux, in the driver's seat, discusses the dashboard with its buttons and lights.

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Caption 17 [it]: c'è la luce,
Caption 17 [en]: there's the light,

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Andromeda - Routine di bellezza mattutina

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Let's see how Andromeda carries out her morning beauty routine. Depending on the weather, she might add a thin layer of sunscreen to prevent her skin from aging.

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Caption 38 [it]: la pelle più liscia e quindi di avere più luce
Caption 38 [en]: smoother skin and therefore having more light

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Medicina Alternativa - Cromopuntura, cos'è.

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What is chromotherapy? Marino, who is a chromotherapist, explains this fascinating branch of alternative medicine.

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Caption 15 [it]: e in particolare la luce colorata.
Caption 15 [en]: and especially colored light.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 3 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In this segment we learn about even more things to do with ordinary mouthwash.

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Caption 31 [it]: È la luce, son sempre le luci.
Caption 31 [en]: It's the light, it's still the lights.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 3 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandra is quizzed on the multiplication tables and gets mighty close to winning. A round of true or false questions follows Alessandra's pairings.

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Caption 86 [it]: È un problema di luce. -M'ha flashato la luce.
Caption 86 [en]: It's a problem of lights. -The light was signaling to me.

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The narrator goes over the vanishingly small number of expressions coined during Mussolini's time that are still in use today. The song that gives the series its name is provided in full.

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Caption 24 [it]: [Una produzione Istituto Luce Cinecittà]
Caption 24 [en]: [A production of the Istituto Luce Cinecittà]

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The documentary comes to a close with an interview regarding a prison cell used during the Inquisition. The cell bears the graffiti of its inmates. Pitrè had laboriously uncovered the graffiti, but it was only rediscovered in the 1970s by the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the interviewee in this segment, Giuseppe Quatriglio, who used Pitrè's writing to find it.

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Caption 14 [it]: Naturalmente l'occhio si è dovuto abituare alla poca luce,
Caption 14 [en]: Naturally, the eyes had to become accustomed to the low light,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.

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Caption 29 [it]: Proprio... portato via dal, dal buio verso la luce.
Caption 29 [en]: Actually... taken away, from, from darkness to light.

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Gianni si racconta - Chi sono - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Gianni takes a cigarette break from doing some yard work, and tells us something about himself. Like many other European smokers, he rolls his own cigarettes to save money.

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Caption 38 [it]: E io guardavo dalla finestra, vedevo tanta luce,
Caption 38 [en]: And I looked out the window, I saw plenty of light,

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Pubblicità Progresso - Tu puoi dare la vita

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

This clip is from the 2012 organ donating campaign by Pubblicità Progresso The music is from Tu che sei parte di me by Pacifico, featuring Christina Marocco. Visit: http://www.doniamo.org

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Caption 11 [it]: Ultima luce
Caption 11 [en]: Last light

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That's Italy - Episode 1 - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Fashion shows are not only a way to let the world know about new collections. They also show off the creativity and genius of designers who, in addition to creating new styles in clothing, create the staging and music for their shows.

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Caption 46 [it]: devono essere studiati musica ed effetti luce adatti.
Caption 46 [en]: the right music and lighting effects have to be worked out.

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