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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico gets on the pilgrimage bus to Rome and entertains his fellow passengers with a song. Don Antonio might have made different song choices... At the convent where the pilgrims are staying, Domenico makes friends with Father Mello.

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Caption 31 [it]: Ti ci vuol la sentinella
Caption 31 [en]: You need a guard

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La Ladra - EP. 12 - Come ai vecchi tempi - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva meets up with Max to discuss the plan. Later she meets with the girls with hopes of involving them. And finally, Eva goes to see Augusto.

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Caption 49 [it]: Avanti, chi ci sta alzi la mano.
Caption 49 [en]: Come on, whoever is in, raise your hand.

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Giovanni's patient is a bit off-balance and Orazio is very uncomfortable in her presence. His doctor's visit isn't much better.

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Caption 45 [it]: Ci ho lavorato giorno e notte nell'ultimo anno.
Caption 45 [en]: I worked on it day and night all last year.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This segment explains the title of the movie, Saint Michael Had a Rooster. The Taviani brothers, as well as the lead actor, talk about some aspects of the story, and Nanni Moretti comments on the camera technique.

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Caption 1 [it]: La vostra diffidenza è giusta, non ci conoscete. [San Michele aveva un gallo]
Caption 1 [en]: Your distrust is right, you don't know us. ["Saint Michael had a rooster" - Nineteen hundred and seventy-one]

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In Sicily, at one time, horses would work in the sulfur mines and slowly become blind. The story is told through a Sicilian ballad, sung by Domenico Modugno. Mimì's mother sits with him as he prepared his bags, but she struggles to understand why he would want to leave. See complete lyrics (in Sicilian) here.

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Caption 33 [it]: Troppa responsabilità. Mi ci sta a dici [pugliese: ma che stai dicendo]?
Caption 33 [en]: Too much responsibility. What are you saying?

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Perhaps as an apology, Ugo makes some sketches for the wedding on ice. The wedding couple practices at the rink, but there is a visitor. Dino and Melody have a moment, but his mother may not be so thrilled about that.

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Caption 6 [it]: Ecco, vedi, qui ci sono i dettagli, la stella
Caption 6 [en]: You see, look, here are the details, the star,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Renzo is playing soccer and wants to take the penalty kick. Virginia goes to meet her former husband's ex-wife and son. Gaetano and Bettina are spending their lunch hour together, but he seems a bit distracted.

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Caption 2 [it]: Oh. Ci facciamo vedere? -Dai passala 'sta [questa] palla!
Caption 2 [en]: Hey. Do we show ourselves? -Come on, pass the ball!

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio confides in his psychiatrist friend and confesses to his present feelings about his wife and women in general. They stop off to see a patient of Giovanni's.

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Caption 10 [it]: Ti ci vorrebbe un bravissimo psichiatra.
Caption 10 [en]: You would need a really good psychiatrist.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how color and images can be more important than the story itself. There are clips from interviews with them when they were much younger, and the director of photography contributes some thoughts, as well. The movie featured in this segment is Good Morning, Babylon from 1987.

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Caption 55 [it]: ma, mmm, non ci sono stati momenti di difficoltà
Caption 55 [en]: but, uh, there weren't any difficult moments

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Parking is a problem in medieval hilltop towns and cities (especially those attractive to tourists), so one solution is to build an elevator to get from parking further down the hill, up to the center of town. But, you never know what you are going to find when excavating. In Assisi, they certainly hit the jackpot, right in the center of town: A roman domus.

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Caption 23 [it]: ci si è imbattuti in una scoperta archeologica davvero straordinaria:
Caption 23 [en]: they chanced upon a truly extraordinary archaeological discovery:

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico asks his cousin for some money to go to Rome, and goes to see the town priest to see if he can get a ride. But there is an emergency, and his priorities have to shift.

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Caption 38 [it]: Chi se lo poteva immaginare che ci capitava proprio il povero Michele.
Caption 38 [en]: Who would have imagined that it would happen to poor Michele himself?

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La Ladra - EP. 12 - Come ai vecchi tempi - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva, pretending to be originally from Athens, meets up with Cusimano, and they agree on terms. Later, she makes a visit to the group home. At the restaurant, the girls try to think of a way to save the home, but come up empty.

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Caption 39 [it]: Ivan ci ha detto che forse dobbiamo andare via,
Caption 39 [en]: Ivan told us that we might have to leave,

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COVID-19 - la storia di Giuditta e Marino

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Marika introduces a mini-series devoted to the story of a family that has decided to share their Covid-19 experience.

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Caption 2 [it]: Non ci sarebbe mai stata un'infezione da noi.
Caption 2 [en]: There would never be an infection where we live.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The directors talk about the important role the sea played in their films. Another element that played an important part was color, used to express feelings and situations.

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Caption 5 [it]: che il mare ci ispira, nel mare
Caption 5 [en]: that the sea inspires us, in the sea

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We're in Assisi, where, during some excavations, a domus was discovered. It's clear it belonged to a wealthy family because of the richness of the wall and floor decorations, and might even have been the home of the poet Propertius.

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Caption 13 [it]: ci sono i pinakes, questi quadretti sulle pareti
Caption 13 [en]: there are pinakes, these little pictures along the walls,

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