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Intermediate
Italy
Ettore Della Giovanna, noted Italian journalist (1912-2004), interviews Giuseppe Ungaretti, considered one of the greatest poets of his time, besides having been a writer and scholar.
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Intermediate
Italy
After thanking his host for his kind words, Ungaretti begins talking about his life. He gives a lot of credit to young people, first of all.
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Intermediate
Italy
Ungaretti talks about how he got his start. He frequented a café in Paris, where artists and poets would gather.
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Intermediate
Italy
Ungaretti mentions 2 poets who attracted him as a youth: Mallarmé and Leopardi. He talks about the famous poem Alla primavera, o delle favole antiche by Leopardi but gets the title wrong. You can see the entire poem (in Italian) here.
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Intermediate
Italy
Giovanna, a resident of Campania, explains how tomato puree is made, and then preserved in glass jars.
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Intermediate
Italy
Giorgia performs the song "Gocce di memoria" [Drops of Memory]. The artist wrote the lyrics to music by Andrea Guerra. It was featured in the 2003 film "Facing Windows" by the director Ferzan Ozpetek.
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Intermediate
Italy
Singer-songwriter Giorgia presented this single at the Festival of Italian Music, Sanremo 2025. She describes it like this: "'La cura' for me is a song that tells of a search through a very strong feeling, therefore also an awareness of the strength of this feeling and also moments of fear, moments of deep solitude." In short, we must be our own cure.
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Intermediate
Italy
This was Gianna Nannini's first hit song in 1979. The popular song with its provocative lyrics is aimed at an adult audience.
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Intermediate
Italy
A visit to a sumptuous palace in Palermo which incorporates a variety of styles, from the Gothic to the Baroque.
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Intermediate
Italy
Vittorio Umiltà Anzen was a lawyer who passed away in 2012. He loved Palermo and was proud of his house, which he shows us complete with private chapel and rooftop garden.
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Intermediate
Italy
This documentary follows the coronavirus from its beginnings in China to its arrival in Italy. Much of the material was contributed by ordinary people trying to live their lives in the midst of the pandemic.
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Intermediate
Italy
Different people talk about their experiences: a hospital intensive-care worker, a bike courier, a 103-year old woman, some children, and the head of a family.
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Intermediate
Italy
A man tells about how maddening it was to realize he had made a mistake in giving his mother a kiss. In March 2020, all of Italy shut down. Everything stopped, to try and limit the spread of Covid-19.
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Intermediate
Italy
There were a few places untouched by the pandemic, for example, near the North Pole. Some people had a hard time getting out of bed. Others became creative.
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Intermediate
Italy
Going to school remotely from home was hard for everyone, kids and young adults alike, not to mention for the teachers. And, just imagine trying to train to be a ballet dancer. People had to get creative and at the same time, deal with reality.
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