Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
At the Cannes festival, Fellini talks about La Dolce Vita, as does Georges Simenon, president of the jury, who proclaimed its success by standing up and applauding.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The video weaves together Marchesi recounting a story about his first love when he was twelve, and a critic discussing Artusi and Marchesi's debt to popular cuisine.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Water, earth, fish, animals, rice: these were the fundamental elements of Italian cuisine in the pre-war and war years, elements that profoundly influenced the culinary creations of one of the most famous chefs in Italy, Gualtiero Marchesi.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
At the Villa Borghese there's lots you can do. There is something for everyone. Rent a bike, rickshaw or scooter, go rowing, take in some theater, or just relax!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
While Francesca is getting ready to lead Stella to the round pen, we find out why horses don't like being looked at. We also discover that the horses at this stable go shoeless and without bits. And yes, Francesca does finally get on the horse!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika introduce the verb avere (to have) and show us the conjugation in the present, present perfect, simple past and past perfect.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A guided exploration of seabed flora and fauna that live, against all odds, in a volcanic environment.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Ninetta is in prison, condemned to death, and things are looking very bleak, indeed. Don't worry though; in the end, love and justice win out, and everyone except the magistrate lives happily ever after.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Francesca starts her lessons at the stable by taking a halter and lead rope to go and meet a young horse by the name of Stella.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Big or small, thick or thin? Marika gives you a jump start to some of the most common opposites used in everyday Italian. You'll get the picture!
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Fellini is at Cannes for the festival and screening of La Dolce Vita. He tells of his ironic encounters with unusual characters, who complain about the oddity of Fellini's movie characters.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We follow Francesca along to a riding stable for lessons. The place is called Ciampacavallo and its peculiarity is that its horses would have ended their lives badly, had it not been for this charitable organization.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna and Marika take us through the imperative, the subjunctive and the gerund forms of the verb, essere (to be). The subjunctive is used less and less in modern English, so it can be tricky to learn in Italian, but little by little even these forms will become part of your Italian language skills.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Magpies [gazze ladre] in folklore are known to be attracted by shiny things. Rossini's opera La Gazza Ladra recounts the story of Ninetta, a servant girl. She is wrongly accused of stealing the silverware that the family magpie stole.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The "Sciara del Fuoco" is a stream of red-hot lava that travels from Stromboli's volcanic summit to the sea. Seeing it is an unforgettable experience.
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