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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 20

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Music and sound have major roles in the movies of the Taviani brothers. Notably, the tarantella from Allonsanfàn, written by Ennio Morricone, was also used by Tarantino in one of his movies, and that's when it became famous.

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Caption 15 [it]: perché l'ha messa Tarantino su, sui titoli di coda
Caption 15 [en]: because Tarantino put it in the closing credits

Warmup Workout

Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico gets a small role in a movie where he has to sing a child to sleep. He then tries his luck in a singing contest. He also seems to be getting some attention from some women...

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Caption 54 [it]: Perché nun [romanesco: non] vai là così guadagni i sordi [romanesco: i soldi]
Caption 54 [en]: Why don't you go there, that way you can earn some money

Warmup Workout

Sposami - EP 2 - Part 27

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Iside reacts with her emotions of the moment. Ugo is with Spartacus on the ice, rehearsing for the wedding, but the two don't agree on every little thing.

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Caption 38 [it]: E allora perché cadi solo quando ci sono io?
Caption 38 [en]: So why do you fall only when I am there?

Warmup Workout

Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gaetano and Camilla continue to look at the photos he took at the funeral. They discuss motives. At school, Camilla has a conversation with Alina's father about the baby.

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Caption 4 [it]: Perché si incontravano così spesso? -Mh-hm.
Caption 4 [en]: Because they saw each other so often? -Uh-huh.

Warmup Workout

Corso di italiano con Daniela - 2) Proposizioni subordinate causali - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela talks about explicit and implicit causal subordinate clauses.

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Caption 5 [it]: non perché non ne sia capace,
Caption 5 [en]: not because he is incapable of it,

Warmup Workout

Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 5 [it]: Perché io non me [romanesco: mi] ricordo mai questa dove abita.
Caption 5 [en]: Because I never remember where this one lives.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 19

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 19 [it]: Loro sono impegnativi nella musica, perché
Caption 19 [en]: They are demanding in music, because

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 43 [it]: Magari fossi cieco de [romanesco: di] scena. Perché?
Caption 43 [en]: If only I were pretending to be blind. Why?

Warmup Workout

Sposami - EP 2 - Part 26

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 20 [it]: perché Danilo, a differenza di una persona che conosco, sa insegnare.
Caption 20 [en]: because Danilo, in contrast to a person I know, knows how to teach.

Warmup Workout

Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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

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Caption 28 [it]: Perché non te li provi?
Caption 28 [en]: Why don't you try them on?

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 42 [it]: Che stavamo dicendo? -No, perché Anna...
Caption 42 [en]: What were we saying? -No, because Anna...

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 18

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 45 [it]: mettetecela tutta, perché è un sentimento di, di vittoria".
Caption 45 [en]: give it your all, because it's a feeling of victory."

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

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

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Caption 54 [it]: perché una bicicletta non ce l'ha mai avuta.
Caption 54 [en]: because he never had a bicycle.

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 25

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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.

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Caption 3 [it]: E perché, scusa?
Caption 3 [en]: Why, sorry?

Warmup Workout

Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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

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Caption 11 [it]: E questo perché lo dici?
Caption 11 [en]: Why do you say that?

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