Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Lojacono and Aragona go to see the husband of the ex-door person. He confirms the fight between Giacomo Scognamiglio and Teresa's husband. Back at headquarters, Romano objects to always having to stay there instead of going out as Lojacono and Aragona do.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
De Nardo is waiting for her friend at the pizzeria. Lojacono calls Laura about their relationship.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In 1963 Crepax got his start in the world of comic books and two years later created his famous character, Valentina. The comic strip first appeared in the anthology comic book, "linus," founded by Giovanni Gandini, who had known Crepax as a kid.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Valentina's success coincided with the beginnings of feminist movements in Italy. She depicted a woman who was strong and independent, who could do anything a man could do, a departure from the stereotype of the Italian housewife.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Video provided by Youreporter.it Linosa is an island off of Sicily and the setting for an ecological non-profit event "Clean Water Day."
Difficulty:
Advanced
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
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.
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.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
This documentary is about 2 brothers — the Taviani brothers — who are famous for having made many award-winning Italian movies. The short clips from their films will surely entice us to see the complete movies in the original Italian. Perhaps the most famous one is La Notte di San Lorenzo from 1982, whose English language release had the title: The Night of the Shooting Stars.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The Taviani brothers lived through the war, so they had a good feel for the terror people felt. But as kids they were also very much affected by the movies offered at the time.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The Taviani brothers talk about how, as young movie lovers, they would grab their bikes and go to whatever movie theater in the area was showing their favorite films. Then they had to go to the big city, Rome, to pitch their first documentary. They learned a valuable lesson.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
San Miniato is where the Taviani brothers were born, but it was also the birthplace of their careers in filmmaking. Their first was a documentary and right away they had some problems with censorship.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Actor Giulio Brogi talks about how his role in The Subversives mirrored his character at the time. The Taviani brothers describe how they found another actor in that film, young Lucio Dalla, the famous (and now deceased) singer-songwriter.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In nineteen sixty-nine they made a different kind of film, Under the Sign of Scorpio, and needed a special place to film it in. The whole cast, together with the directors, felt a particular sense of community both during and after the filming.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The Taviani brothers talk about how their movie Under the Sign of Scorpio was received at the Venice film festival, and about their location scouting for the film.
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