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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Perhaps not everyone knows that Margherita Hack as a girl was quite the athlete. Her sport was track and field. She also had a passion for cycling and rode her bike well into her seventies.

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Caption 59 [it]: Nella preziosa cornice di Firenze, [Luce]
Caption 59 [en]: Within the treasured setting of Florence [L.U.C.E.]

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Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

To recreate the environment of the San Loreto church, the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls was used for the final scene of the film. The crew was accustomed to working in a non-religious setting where they could do as they liked, so it was a full-time job trying to keep their bad habits (such as smoking) in check so they wouldn't get kicked out by their hosts.

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Caption 32 [it]: Fiaccole, fiaccole, fiaccole per la luce della sequenza finale del film,
Caption 32 [en]: Torches, torches, torches for the light of the final sequence of the film,

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Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Our narrator describes what it was like working on the set of La porta del cielo (the Gates of Heaven): the extras, the dangers, the boredom, and the strategies for keeping the cast and crew safe. He also explains how they reconstructed the railway carriages that are featured so prominently in the film.

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Caption 26 [it]: tutti a casa, tende tirate che non filtri la luce.
Caption 26 [en]: everyone goes home, curtains drawn so that light doesn't filter out.

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A car problem allows us to meet Eda Gjergo, a young astrophysicist, who will in turn lead us to meet Margherita Hack, the subject of this episode about women luminaries. Hack was a famous scientist, communicator, and activist.

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Caption 5 [it]: La mia luce e le mie idee
Caption 5 [en]: My light and my ideas

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Colosseo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio tells us plenty of interesting things about the history of one of the symbols of Rome, the Colosseum. To begin with, it wasn't always called the "Colosseum."

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Caption 105 [it]: quindi la luce, la luce della civiltà
Caption 105 [en]: therefore the light, the light of civilization

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini was a strong proponent of education and instruction as the means to gain freedom. She was also an example of it. This segment describes a visit to women in prison, and the obstacles Montalcini had to face, as a woman and as a Jew, during the Nazi-Fascist regime.

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Caption 49 [it]: finalmente vede la luce.
Caption 49 [en]: finally sees the light.

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Giorgio goes to see Cloe perform, but afterwards, he makes an important decision. Giuseppe finally finds Aniello, who is not doing well at all.

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Caption 2 [it]: Passa e luce e 'int'a ll'acqua se 'mmira [napoletano: fa passare la sua luce nell'acqua e si ammira]
Caption 2 [en]: Lets its light fall onto the water and admires itself

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We learn more about how and why Piero's Resurrection was moved from its original position. It's fascinating.

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Caption 72 [it]: e la luce e i colori,
Caption 72 [en]: and light, and colors,

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Moscati risks his life to save some of the patients from the hospital. It took courage and patience.

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Caption 43 [it]: di luce. C'è la luce, c'è tanta luce
Caption 43 [en]: of light. There is a light. There is a lot of light,

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Retouching the painting is a very delicate job, and is done in such a way as to be reversible, and respectful to the original.

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Caption 11 [it]: Cosa vuol dire? Cioè, che sono stabili alla luce,
Caption 11 [en]: What does that mean? In other words, they are lightfast,

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Comedian and actor Caterina Guzzanti is a guest at a middle school in Afragola, in the province of Naples, a school named after Rita Levi Montalcini. Guzzanti meets with the students from the theater class for a lesson on the imagination, which has a lot of importance in her work but was also very important to the great researcher from Turin, Montalcini.

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Caption 6 [it]: La mia luce e le mie idee
Caption 6 [en]: My light and my ideas

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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It's rare for a work of art to become the symbol of a city and even be part of its coat of arms, but this did indeed happen in Borgo Sansepolcro. Piero's Resurrection may be thought of as a fresco, but it's much more complicated than that, as we learn in this segment.

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Caption 39 [it]: Per esempio, la documentazione alla luce ultravioletta
Caption 39 [en]: For example, ultraviolet light documentation

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Non è mai troppo tardi - EP1 - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The kids have gotten to the point where they can write much more than their own names. But what then? Alberto comes up with a wonderful idea.

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Caption 37 [it]: Il mio lumino mi fa la luce per la strada,
Caption 37 [en]: My little lamp makes light for me on the road,

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I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone - S1EP1 I Bastardi - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Commissioner Palma is quite angry with Lojacono for disobeying his express orders not to handle any homicides. Meanwhile, a call comes in from a peculiar old lady and two agents go to check out her story.

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Caption 49 [it]: Ma la sera la luce è accesa
Caption 49 [en]: But in the evening, the light is on

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 3 - S3EP4 Lo stagno del ranocchio - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rebbi and Maria don't seem to be on the same wavelength about the trip to London. Back home, there's talk about frogs and a broken dishwasher.

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Caption 33 [it]: C'è più luce.
Caption 33 [en]: There's more light.

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