Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Pasolini talks about the Italian language and how it has been transformed over the years.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Pasolini talks about his first book of poetry and what he realized about his country when it was published in 1942. He explains why reviewers wouldn't touch it.
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Italy
This documentary opens with some lines from a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini, “10 giugno” from 1962. The famous filmmaker and poet talks about his life, beginning with his troubled relationship with his father.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Inspector Barreca gets to where the Italo-Australian has been stopped and fiddles with something without being seen. In the locker room of the stadium, Del Vento enjoys his victory shower, a moment he always looks forward to. Then he sets out towards Calabria to visit some relatives.
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Italy
We're at a police station, where the printer is acting up and a phone call comes in from a patrol car. We also hear what happens after the soccer game when the president of the Teramo Calcio comes to congratulate the team.
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Italy
Fulvio and Fabia take turns reading an extract from the book, Crimine infinito (Infinite Crime). The novel is based on the true story of a soccer player who gets involved in the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian organized crime syndicate.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
L'Eredità [Inheritance] is an immensely popular daily quiz show on the RAI [pronounced rye], the Italian public TV and radio network. This episode benefits the Telethon Foundation, which provides funds for research into genetic diseases, and is based on Jerry Lewis's Telethon. To understand the play on words they use at a certain point, see the various meanings of macchina here. Learn more about this Italian game show here.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
Some things get better, some things stay the same, and some things get worse.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
A great coach has to support his athletes through victories and losses. Sports are a mirror of life itself, where when you lose, you have to get back up. Two of the most popular words in this segment are dai, which literally means "give," but signifies "come on," "go on," "go for it," and vai, which means "go," "go for it."
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Gualtiero Marchesi describes both his old and the new versions of Pollo Kiev (Chicken Kiev). Relatively simple and tasty, especially if you like butter!
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
The judo teacher comes back to the gym with a surprise, and everyone's mood improves, and what's more, they actually get to go to Rome!
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Being a man of culture as well as an expert chef, Gualtiero Marchesi has found himself being inspired by artists. He talks of dripping food onto a platter, much as Jackson Pollock would drip paint onto a canvas.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Italian cuisine in the fifties reflected both the economic prospering, and the cultural growth of a population that had also begun opening up to new horizons through the birth of tourism.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
There's a new girl in the judo class. And Enzo is looking for yet another job!
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Various experts talk about their memories of Milan back in the fifties: Sunday morning rituals of getting pastries from the "best," bars, eating big meals twice a day, the cathedral square with its tram and neon lights, and so forth.
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