Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Melania Gaia Mazzucco talks about one of her novels set in seventeenth-century Trastevere, quite a different place than what we see today. Although she has traveled the world, Mazzucco comes from generations of romani di Roma (Romans from Rome).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Melania talks about her relationship with her father when he was still alive. He didn't say much, but unbeknownst to her, tried to get a story of hers published. She talks about one her favorite parts of Rome: Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island), the only river island in the part of the Tiber that runs through Rome.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Melania Mazzucco grew up in a part of Rome on the outskirts, not the part people usually associate with the beautiful city. The white Fiat 500 her father bought for the family became an important part of her life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Leaving the outskirts of Rome, Annalena goes to a middle-class neighborhood where she meets professor and writer, Alessandro Piperno. He talks about what it was like growing up there and about his identity as a writer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
North Italy
Rosalba lives in Pontedera and shows us her favorite park. There is a sculpture there that reminds her of a woman-cat.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Lombardy
Rosalba was a French teacher who has been retired for about a a year. She now spends her days writing stories and cultivating her passion for photography.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Cos'è normale (What's normal?) is a song by Danilo Pao and Enrico Sognato, that questions what "normal" means in terms of how people live their lives. It's presented here in a music video where the camera, placed on the dashboard of different cars, captures the faces of the drivers and passengers, some of whom are members of the group Zero Assoluto, Salvatore Gioia, and the composers, who are singing the song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Samuele Bersani relives the past when he was still a pre-teen, starting to have secret thoughts. The video contains plenty of illustrations of the words he is singing.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Roman singer-songwriter Mirkoeilcane sings about migration, from the point of view of a seven-year old kid who just wants to play ball.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guia hasn't seen the last of the guy with the Jeep. He knows how to get along with both bar owners. There is a guessing game in the conversation and you will want to know that Italians use "fire and water," rather than "warm and cold" to describe how close or far you are from the right answer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guia is having trouble doing chores on the farm and tries to enlist Renzo's help. Later, she meets Mara at the bank. Mara is the woman who was climbing out of a window one night.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Guia couldn't have imagined what was in store for her after a ride with Renzo. While they work, they tell each other about their respective love lives.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Both Renzo and Guia have to change their plans and don't know how to tell each other. Carola gives Guia a reality check, and Toni gives up some important information.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marco shows up with an interesting proposition for Guia. Pino gets dressed up like a priest, as he likes to do, and has an interesting conversation with Carola.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Did anybody hear Guia accept Marco's proposal? Needless to say, Guia is feeling somewhat trapped, and encountering Renzo with Anita doesn't help her state of mind.
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