"Chief of Police Manara" is an Italian crime drama about an unconventional Sicilian police commissioner working in Tuscany. Luca Manara, played by Guido Caprino, breaks all the rules, while his partner, Inspector Lara Rubino, played by Roberta Giarusso, tries to do things by the book. All kinds of sparks fly between them. The show ran very successfully for two seasons.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Rubino, the new inspector, can't stand being in the same room with Manara. And when he doesn't even remember why, she really gets angry. But then they get some interesting news from the morgue...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Commissioner Manara meets up with Lara Rubino, his old classmate from the police academy. She's less than happy to see him and slaps him right across the face.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara meets his new boss and from the outset there's tension. We learn that Manara was transferred to his new post because of an affair between Manara and the wife of his former boss.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Commissioner Manara arrives on the scene of the supposed suicide. He questions a witness, and talks to the victim's doctor, and to the medical examiner, who turns out to be an attractive woman who has no problem with shyness.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Il Commissioner Manara is an Italian TV series set in the Maremma (southern Tuscany), which centers on Luca Manara, an unorthodox and highly seductive, newly arrived police commissioner, played by Guido Caprino.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We're sorry to get to the end of this popular and exciting series. After this rollercoaster of a relationship between Lara and Luca, who knows how it will end?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lara's wedding with Guglielmo is about to start, but guess who is missing?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
De Carolis finishes telling his story. Marta leaves, as does Raimondi. Lara asks a big favor of Luca.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lara and Luca go to the convent in search of Clarissa. Later, Toscani has some new information for Luca.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The situation is tense. Lara and Luca are worried about Marta, but they don't want to blow her cover, nor injure her. At a certain point, Lara decides she can't wait any longer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Early in the morning, Lara goes to wake Luca up to tell him what she finally remembered. It turns out to be of utmost importance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luca gets a phone call that pushes him to take action on his own. He gets a huge surprise, however.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The truth comes out as Lara and Luca question the count. The canine heroes are returned to Ferruccio's widow.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The dogs are sent off to do their job. There is a moment of tension when both Luca and Lara realize some things never change.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Brigadiere, Aunt Caterina's dog, gives Luca an idea regarding the investigation and he and Lara are off. Speaking of animals, in his phone call with Toscani, Luca uses an idiomatic expression featuring an animal. Get some insight about it in this lesson.
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