Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
A woman performs a traditional Sicilian ritual involving the sticking of pins into an onion, accompanied by prayers, in order to bring back the boyfriend of her suppliant.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The tension is almost unbearable for everyone. But when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We get a taste of what life is like at police headquarters without Luca. We also see that Lara learned some bad habits from Luca, going off on her own on a hunch.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Giuseppe Pitrè received his degree in medicine in 1865. His patients, among Palermo's poorest, provided him with a wealth of ethnographic material.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
It's time for Luca to say goodbye to his colleagues and friends. It's a sad moment for everyone.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
There are plenty of people—women, actually— to send Luca off on his bus, but he keeps looking around for a certain someone to show up...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Monopoly, the board game invented in the US in 1903, is used to explain monetary policies and Italy's current financial woes.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
The segment concentrates on the richness of the Sicilian dialect, a dialect which is less and less spoken. The narrator interviews two poets who recite their works in Sicilian, providing insights into the language.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
In this segment, we see a flashback to Iolanda's murder. She was an honest woman through and through. And it looks like Manara confirms his resignation, now that the case has been solved.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
What would the police do without Lara's aunt Caterina? She knows just where to look to get precious information about the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca's mind is going full speed ahead, and this leads him to invite Lara and her aunt to the movies. The outing ends up revealing an extremely delicate and awkward situation, but an important one for the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Pitrè's mission was to conserve and safeguard the traditions of his people, the Sicilians, and to keep the roots alive. Looking at religious traditions is one important way to do this.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca is about to pack his bags, but there are still some suspects to question. And Lara has some questions for Luca, too.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
On this last day of Luca's service, everyone is working hard to get to the core of the case.
Lara is trying to pretend things are normal.
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