If during the summer you miss your Italian lesson or you want to keep your level of Italian and watch movies but you don’t know which one, here some tips to spend a couple of hours.

Un classico: Ladri di biciclette, also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work.

Una commedia:  Mid-August lunch (2008) Pranzo di ferragosto (original title). The table is set for this very Italian, very funny, yet touching movie. It captures the essence of living the Italian life and the universal need for friendship and human contact at any age.

Un giallo: Le conseguenze dell’amore also know as The Consequences of Love   is a 2004 Italian psychological thriller film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It tells the story of a lonely and secretive Italian businessman living in a Swiss hotel.

Un’altra commedia: Loose Cannons (2010) – Mine Vaganti (original title) Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself.

Drammatico: Il gioiellino (2011) The Jewel- The movie helps to understand the largest bankrupt in Italian history, the description of  how the CEO and CFO Parmalat hide a huge debt before collapsing.

To be continued….

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