Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We visit two wineries, Rocca di Frassinello in the Maremma, near Grosseto in the southern part of Tuscany, and the famous Antinori winery in the heart of the Chianti Classico zone.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In 1949 Giulio Castelli had a great idea: to bring into Italian homes objects that were useful, but also beautifully designed. The Kartell brand came onto the market.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
When innovation and sustainability meet, creative projects emerge. International designers, carefully chosen materials, and strategies give life to quality products to show the whole world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
EMU specializes in furniture for the outdoors. But it got its start in post-war Italy by designing metal desks for schoolrooms.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Designers come from all over the world to maintain an international style. Production is carried out almost exclusively in the plant located in Umbria but most of what is produced will go to markets abroad.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Architect Enza Martellota explains the origins of the trullo and how it developed over time.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Apulia is famous for the characteristic trullo. But another typical building is the lamia, a rural building with a square base, sloping dry stone walls and a roof usually made with a lowered barrel vault or a dome. This characteristically simple construction consists of a single room, used as a temporary shelter for the farm's agricultural workers or storage. Today, many of these farms have been transformed into hotels.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lisa's goal in meeting with Oriana is an interview, which Oriana clearly does not want to give. But she tells about when she was a ruthless interviewer herself, in both Italy and the U.S.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana has to argue with her boss to be able to go around the world interviewing women. In 1961, she manages to fly to Pakistan but is frustrated by how hard it is to even talk to another woman.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana writes about the conditions of Muslim women in Islamic countries. In 1967, she goes to South Vietnam, a country being torn apart by war.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Welcome to Saigon! Oriana goes to the press office and meets François Pelou, a war correspondent from France. There is a crisis going on and together, they attempt to head it off.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
François Pelou e Oriana Fallaci walk around the streets of Saigon and go into a nightspot where the soldiers spend time with Vietnamese girls. The next day they get some instructions from the military for staying healthy and safe during their stay.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana gets onto a helicopter with the troops. And she ends up in the thick of things.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana manages to interview some soldiers, each with his own experience to share. The song at the end of the segment is "My Girl" written by Smokey Robinson for The Temptations. It was a number one hit song in the mid-sixties.
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