Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004) was an important journalist and writer. This interview, considered to be of historical value, took place during the broadcast of the Swiss television show, Cartabianca [Carte blanche], conducted by Leo Manfrini, who was a close friend of the writer.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
We continue the discussion on animal rights, asking the question why dogs and cats, among other animals, have to suffer injustices from humans, solely because they're too weak to defend themselves. The atrocity of religious ritual exemptions to animal dazing before slaughter are also discussed.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy Roman
Who is born round...won't die square. That's the way it is for Grandma Italia, after a lifetime of petty thefts and trips to the slammer, she skips out of the nursing home. Not without, however, having first cracked the main office's safe. Her grandson Mario has to find her as soon as possible.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy
Raffaele, a producer of extra virgin olive oil from Apulia, tells us about the ancient origins of his olive groves. Many of the trees are centuries old, some are even over a thousand years old, and continue to produce excellent oil.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy Roman
The Youngest Son, written and directed by the director Pupi Avati, was released in 2010. The main character, Luciano Baietti (Christian De Sica), is an entrepreneur without scruples. In order to succeed, he will stop at nothing, and this includes using his youngest son Baldo (Nicola Nocella).
Difficulty:
Advanced
Italy Neapolitan
In this scene from the 1960 film He Who Stops Is Lost. Totò plays the part of Antonio Guardalvecchia, and attempts to court Giulia. She's the sister of the president, and he courts her in order to get a job in the head office. The scene on the balcony recalls Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Michele is negotiating with Nicoletta about the gift he wants to give to the Kazakh. Back at the Nest, he wants to make sure it gets delivered as soon as possible. Iolde is still very upset about the newspaper article.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Doctor Vitali is standing on the balcony next to the one where Imma and her husband are watching the procession, and he takes the opportunity to talk about work.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Two inmates from the Bollate prison who work in the kitchen share their perspectives about the outside and how to become reintegrated in society. Both agree that it's not easy but that inmates are people, too.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Michele is looking for a work of art to give as an important gift. Meanwhile, at the Nest, they continue to dig and are finally about to discover what lies beneath the slab.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Imma rushes to join her husband and daughter on a small terrace they have likely rented, to watch the Bruna festival, and in that instant, she receives an important text message. Meanwhile, Valentina goes to greet Samuel, who confesses a secret.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Said talks about how working gives a person dignity. He feels changed and reiterates that one always returns to one's roots, to the person they were before ending up in prison. No one was born a thief.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The school kids go around the Nest asking questions and exploring the place when they find the hole where the workers are digging. At that point, Eleonora asks her friend to take the kids away.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The day of the Bruna festival has arrived, but Imma and Calogiuri are finishing up their work in the office. Once finished, Calogiuri expresses to Imma everything he thinks and feels, much to Imma's surprise, who thought he was a man of few words. At a certain point, he says the same thing twice, but switches to addressing her informally. Details matter sometimes!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Davide tells how he lives in semi-freedom, allowing him to spend half the year at home. However, this comes with obligations that must be respected. Davide has learned to see the world from a different perspective and this has taught him a lot.
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