After removing Adelaide's diamond from her neck, Eva and Max say goodbye. Who is going to get the better of the other?

Breakfast time for Renzo and Camilla. How long will Renzo stay mad at Camilla?

Ugo tries to be helpful to Nora but she isn't having any of it. Perhaps she goes too far. Later, at the office, Nora has a hard time trying to manage things.

Domenico happens to get a glimpse of Vittorio De Sica himself and chases him down to ask him for a part.

Marika talks about going to the movies in Italy. Don't worry. Italians like popcorn, too.

Nanni Moretti tells about how he got to see Caesar Must Die before it was released. The composer, Giuliano Taviani talks about how he became interested in writing music for film, and how budget limits actually inspired him in writing the music for this movie.

Anna, Orazio, and Mr. Tritone discuss plans for having a baby. Anna seems thrilled, but Orazio is quite upset. The doorbell rings and Orazio has to go and see who it is.

In a sentence, the main clause can stand on its own, but there can also be a subordinate or dependent clause. Today's lesson addresses the causal subordinate clause, which gives the reason for the action in the main clause. Conjunctions such as perché (because) dato che (given that) are used to join the two clauses.

We discover what Eva intends to do with the item she took from the party. She continues to surprise us.

The family goes to the flea market. Camilla mentions the case, but Renzo isn't interested. Later she talks about motives with Gaetano.

Nora doesn't want to have to call Ugo, but does she have a choice? Ugo is at the train station about to board his train to Rome. Back at the atelier, Iside is irritable and ends up being a bit short with her clients.

De Sica is generous with Domenico. Later on, seated on the curb with his friend, Domenico borrows a guitar from a "blind" person nearby and sings a song he wrote.

Music plays an essential role in the films of the Taviani brothers. It's like having another actor. Composer Nicola Piovani knows something about this having worked with them on some of their movies. He also composed the soundtrack for the movie La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) with Roberto Benigni.

Anna and Orazio go to Ersilia's birthday party, all dressed up. But, after a long drive, it looks like someone forgot the gift, and they are about to look bad, or make a bad impression, which in Italian is fare brutta figura.

Daniela talks about explicit and implicit causal subordinate clauses.