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Start the conversation in your choice of over 70 world languages and dialects through courses crafted using conversational methodology. Every self-paced language course introduces the learner to cultural insights and grammatical nuances specific to their language of choice, delivered through native speaker dialogue, and created with each individual learner in mind.
Series
Criterion collection volume 286
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Baron Fernanco Cefalu (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way, his wife Rosalia (Daniela Rocca). His solution? Since divorce is illegal, he plans tu lure his wife into the arms of another and then murder her to save his honor.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], c1997
Language
Italiano
Description
A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. Then that life is threatened by World War II.
Series
Criterion collection volume 610
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Italiano
Description
An accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century. But it's not until they receive unexpected aid from a traveling professor that they find a voice, unite, and stand up for themselves.
30) Andrea
Author
Publisher
Manufactured and marketed by Universal Classics Group
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
Italiano
35) Gomorrah
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
Italiano
Description
Power, money and blood: these are the values that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "system," the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel world, and one that is deeply rooted in reality.
38) L'avventura
Series
Criterion collection volume 98
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001], c1960
Language
Italiano
Description
Story about the search for a girl lost on an island; the searchers gradually become preoccupied with their own problems.
Series
Criterion collection volume 612
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Français
Description
What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two people getting to know each other over the course of an afternoon gradually reveals itself as something richer, stranger, and trickier: a mind-bending reflection on authenticity, in art as well as in relationships. Both cerebrally and emotionally engaging, reminds us that love itself is an enigma.
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