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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pasolini explains the difficulty of framing a city through the lens, only for it to be ruined by modern buildings that seem to have nothing to do with the form of the city itself. He wants anonymous, simple poetry to be preserved just like the works of Dante and Petrarca.

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Caption 21 [it]: perché non son capace di parlare in astratto,
Caption 21 [en]: because I am not able to talk abstractly,

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Fino a qui tutto bene - Film - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Viewer Discretion Advised

The group has to figure out the final accounts for the apartment, including some very expensive phone bills they wonder about. Later, they talk about the future and where they think they will end up.

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Caption 2 [it]: ma perché 'sti [questi] cinquantasei euro di telefonate ce li dobbiamo accollare tutti?
Caption 2 [en]: but why do we have to shoulder all these fifty-six euros worth of phone calls?

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2E6 La strana ossessione - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Renzo comes home late after a meeting and finds Camilla on the couch deep in thought. She lets him know she has been connecting the dots between the postcard and the merengue instructor. She goes off to bed but finds a surprise on the way.

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Caption 61 [it]: non sta mica bene. -Perché?
Caption 61 [en]: he won't be OK. -Why?

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Still on the beach, Pasolini asks more people their opinions on divorce, which became legal in 1970. The second part of this segment is part of a 1969 episode of Processo alla tappa, a TV talk show devoted to the Giro d'Italia (the Tour of Italy), a famous, 21-stage bike race.

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Caption 9 [it]: Perché? -Perché ognuno farebbe come je [romanesco: gli] pare.
Caption 9 [en]: Why? -Because everyone would do as they like.

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Fino a qui tutto bene - Film - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

As they make pasta with whatever scraps of food are left in the fridge, the group discusses Ilaria's predicament, which turns out to be worse than they imagined.

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Caption 7 [it]: Ma scusa, ma sennò perché lasciavo il dottorato
Caption 7 [en]: But excuse me, otherwise why would I be giving up on my doctorate

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Imma Tataranni Sostituto procuratore - S1 EP5 Rione Serra Venerdì - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Imma and Calogiuri manage to interview Bizzari who admits a few things about Stella. Diana confesses that even though her husband has come home, it's not any better than before, when he was gone.

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Caption 26 [it]: No, perché lei non voleva più.
Caption 26 [en]: No, because she didn't want to anymore.

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I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone - S1EP4 Gelo - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lojacono goes to Letizia's trattoria and tells her about the bad news about the witness. She tries to reassure him but also has a new customer to attend to. Francesco can't let Giorgia go and sleeps in the car in front of her house.

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Caption 9 [it]: L'hanno ammazzato perché aveva deciso di ritrattare tutto.
Caption 9 [en]: They killed him because he had decided to recant everything.

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L'Italia che piace - Esperienze Gastronomiche - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How are the harvested truffles divided up? And besides being sold whole, how are they further processed? Paolo and Stefania tell us the story.

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Caption 30 [it]: Perché da noi, diciamo, eh, conosciamo [sic], [siamo] conosciuti anche per
Caption 30 [en]: Because in our company, let's say, uh, we know [sic], [we are] also known for

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Melania Mazzucco grew up in a part of Rome on the outskirts, not the part people usually associate with the beautiful city. The white Fiat 500 her father bought for the family became an important part of her life.

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Caption 70 [it]: perché la ruggine se l'era mangiata
Caption 70 [en]: because the rust had eaten it up,

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

In a Q & A, Pasolini explains to a journalist what he means when he refers to the elite. In another clip, he asks people on the beach about sex.

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Caption 21 [it]: perché io è proprio a questa élite che mi voglio ri', voglio rivolgere,
Caption 21 [en]: because I, it is just this elite that I want to, I want to address,

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Fino a qui tutto bene - Film - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Viewer Discretion Advised

The group goes grocery shopping for their party, but on the way back, Ilaria wants to make a stop. Nobody knows why, or what she plans to do and the situation gets out of hand.

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Caption 23 [it]: perché mi da un blocco vi [livornese: qui] allo stomaco fortissimo,
Caption 23 [en]: because it gives me a knot in the stomach,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2E6 La strana ossessione - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

After her trip to the Tiber River, Camilla goes to pick up Livietta at Giulio's house, where the two kids are dancing to Merengue. Camilla has some questions about that. Meanwhile, Berardi and Torre are busy with the coroner, identifying a corpse.

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Caption 23 [it]: Ah, perché questo è merengue?
Caption 23 [en]: Ah, because this is merengue?

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I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone - S1EP4 Gelo - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Varricchio is back in the DA's office and tells a different story, admitting he had lied the first time. But is there proof of his new version? At home, Lojacono is shocked by some news he hears on the TV.

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Caption 3 [it]: ci spieghi perché ha mentito.
Caption 3 [en]: explain to us why you lied.

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L'Italia che piace - Esperienze Gastronomiche - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Truffle hunting is a peculiar activity, one that requires the collaboration of a dog. And you never want to let on how many truffles you find, even if you are friends with other truffle hunters.

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Caption 4 [it]: perché sono più resistenti
Caption 4 [en]: because they are more resistant

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Melania talks about her relationship with her father when he was still alive. He didn't say much, but unbeknownst to her, tried to get a story of hers published. She talks about one her favorite parts of Rome: Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island), the only river island in the part of the Tiber that runs through Rome.

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Caption 36 [it]: Perché non sapevano come ti chiamavi.
Caption 36 [en]: Because they didn't know your name.

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