Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Michele is at dinner at Fillide's home. The conversation turns to a grim story of patricide involving someone he knows and he can't let it go. Things get out of hand.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Who was the model for Valentina? Certainly, the actress Louise Brooks who portrayed Lulu in the movie Pandora's Box directed by G.W Pabst (based on two plays by Frank Wedekind), but also Crepax's wife, Luisa Mandelli.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Gragnano is a town near Naples known for its pasta production. There are many different shapes and types, but they all are a bit rough to the touch, because they go through a bronze cutter, rather than a Teflon one. That's why the pasta holds the sauce better. Of course, everyone living in Gragnano is an expert about pasta.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The truth comes out and the case is solved. Livietta has a moment of clarity and does something very kind.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Ugo is not happy being a stripper. Maria Chiara, the bride-to-be is not happy either, and is a bit apprehensive about getting married. Nora realizes something about Ugo.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lojacono and Aragona talk to different residents of the building where Teresa was killed. Everyone has something to say about her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Michele finishes his painting of Fillide and they have a moment to get to know each other better.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Just as in Cubist art, Crepax would design his figures to be seen from various points of view simultaneously. Sometimes he would use small windows to attract attention rather than making them larger.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This land is not only good for cultivating grapes for wine, but also the special piennolo tomatoes, that keep for several months.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The notary and his wife are talking to the Carabinieri police when the indestructible guy is heard in the hall with his tell-tale cry, "I'm indestructible!" Camilla is with him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The male strip show is about to start but Spartacus can't make it. Who can take his place? Meanwhile, at the bachelor party, Nora can't help listening to the conversation among the married men.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lojacono goes to talk with the Scognamiglios, where Teresa had worked as a maid.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Caravaggio (as he begins calling himself) and Ranuccio play real tennis. Who's going to win?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guido Crepax's son Antonio talks about the day Antonio Custra was killed in May of 1977, during an armed demonstration in Milan. This was during the so-called anni di piombo (years of lead), a period of social turmoil, political violence and upheaval that lasted from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, marked by a wave of both far-left and far-right incidents of political terrorism and violent clashes. Many demonstrators were arrested, but Antonio Crepax managed not to get loaded onto a paddy wagon.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Riccardo's mother has made him all his favorite foods, but can't grasp that he is using a feeding tube. Luigi, on the other hand, is feeling better and is greatly appreciating being able to eat real food.
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