Life is Beautiful is the 1997 dramatic comedy, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. It received three Oscars. The film takes place in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. Guido (Benigni) in order to protect his son, pretends that the Jewish deportation and the war are just a game, with the final prize: a tank.

In the first episode, Carlo is on vacation in South Africa with his beloved Susanna, his second wife. Everything seems to be going well until, by a strange trick of fate, he meets his younger brother Giorgio and his wife Marta…

Paparazzi follows five “paparazzi” (free-lance photographers) who run "Magica Press" (The Magic Press). The goal of the photographers is to catch Italian screen stars in private moments. This time it's the President of the USA they catch.

Judge Antonio Servilio comes down to ancient Rome from Mediolanum [Roman name for Milan], to fight corruption. The disconcerting message of the film is that little has changed since 71 BC. Romantic entanglements, nepotism, references to current politics, and sexy ladies.

This is a kind of trailer, not for a movie, but for a book about the Calabrian mafia-like organization called the 'Ndrangheta, and the investigation into its crimes, called Operazione Crimine-Infinito (Operation Infinite Crime). Coming soon: the author reading some extracts from the book.

In Italy, Easter is the time for special, traditional desserts, which, apart from being delicious, were conceived to represent symbols of life and rebirth.

Easter Monday is, traditionally, "picnic day" all over Italy. It's affectionately called Pasquetta (little Easter). This video is from RAI 1, one of the principal TV stations in Italy. At this particular picnic, "primordial" cooking is the protagonist.

With its soft-toned accompaniment and gentle lyrics, "Il regalo più grande" ("The Greatest Gift") sung by Tiziano Ferro, creates a special mood. It was released as a single in 2009 and in that year became fifth on the list of best-selling songs.

"Rosso Relativo" ("Relative Red") is one of Tiziano Ferro's greatest hits, and is the title song from his 2002 album. He uses an interesting series of verbs in the imperfetto, a tense that doesn't always match up with one tense in English. It's all relative!

Tiziano Crudeli is a journalist and a talking head. He's a big supporter of his beloved Milan team, and he often announces the games on television. In this video, in fact, we see him as a wild fan of the club.

Tiromancino is a famous pop band from Rome, and this is a song from their self-titled album. Federico Zampaglione, the lead singer, vocalizes about remorse and how it’s best avoided.

The song “L’inquietudine di esistere” [The anxiety of existing] is a new song by the group Tiromancino. The lyrics were written by Fabrizio Tarducci and Federico Zampaglione. Zampaglione also wrote the music.

TIM is Italy's state controlled mobile phone service. In this madcap ad, we're taken back to the time of Garibaldi, where the great unifier of Italy complains to his mother about her laundry skills. In order to avoid parolacce (dirty words), Garibaldi resorts to a euphemism, which even when translated won't make sense to many of us. What he means in caption 8 is "Like hell."

In this video provided from PA 74 Music, Stefania Bianconi, a successful young artist, sings “Prendimi l’anima” (Take My Soul) as a finalist at the Modena Videofestival 2009.

Stai lontana da me (Stay Away from Me) is a 2013 Italian romantic comedy starring Enrico Brignano and Ambra Angiolini. The laughs start quite early on!