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Historic Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù used to say that the sculpture is a hand gesture, a gesture of love. This documentary follows the process of creating one of Velasco Vitali’s famous dog sculptures, from wax to glazed bronze, at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia (Battaglia Artistic Foundry) in Milan. The film observes the work of a group of skilled artisans in this 100-year-old foundry and reveals the ancient traditions of bronze sculpture making,...
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How far would you go in pursuit of justice? The tragic murder of 13-year old Yara Gambiarasio near her home in northern Italy in 2010 sparked the most high-profile and shocking murder investigation in recent Italian history. This documentary follows the tenacious and emotionally-invested lead prosecutor in her case as she seeks justice.
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The four Papal Basilicas in Rome and their treasures play the leading role in this cinematic tour de force, while state of the art technology captures amazing images from completely new and exclusive points of view. Join world-renowned experts who will discuss the basilicas; their evolution over the centuries, their most famous works of art, the lives and stories of Popes and artists, the events that made these places immortal, and the profound spirituality...
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Discover the incredible life of the most important Italian representative of pointillism, “Le Gauguin des Alps”. It tells the unique and extraordinary story of Giovanni Segantini, focusing on his way of feeling nature as a source of artistic and spiritual inspiration. A man of humble origins with a tortuous life path, Segantini will become one of the most important symbolist painters in the 19th century.
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Researchers, historians, engineers, friends, and relatives describe the ups and downs of Corradino D’Ascanio, the man who invented the helicopter, the variable pitch propeller, and the most famous scooter in the world: the Vespa. This is the most accurate portrait that has ever been realized about this world-famous engineer. Italian with English subtitles.
7) Camorra
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The mafia are not just the underworld and organized crime. It is a way of life, an overwhelming social phenomenon, the engine of the economy and true political class of an entire society. This was the Camorra in Naples between the sixties and the nineties, and this film is told through shocking but real archival materials (watch out for the Camorra children), terrifying and fascinating at the same time. Along with the Gomorrah by Saviano, this film...
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Fariborz Kamkari’s documentary about the life and career of Carlo Di Palma is as much a portrait of the late cinematographer—known for his inventive work with such directors as Woody Allen, Michelangelo Antonioni and Elio Petri—as it is a journey through the last 70 years of world cinema. From Di Palma’s early credits under Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, and Roberto Rossellini, to his trailblazing work on Red Desert and Blow-Up, to his...
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He was known as The Maestro of Splatter and The Godfather of Gore. But who was the real Lucio Fulci' When an actor agrees to portray the infamous director, he sets out to research the triumphs, tragedies and truths behind Fulci's life, work and legacy through never-before-seen home movies, rare behind-the-scenes footage from his films, audio confessions from Fulci himself and revealing interviews.
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Gianni Berengo Gardin, since the 1950s, has devoted himself to reportage, social investigation, and architectural photography of environmental description. With his friends Josef Koudelka, Sebastiao Salgado, Eliott Erwitt, Ferdinando Scianna, Renzo Piano, and Gabriele Basilico, in this film Berengo Gardin retraces his life as an "artisan of photography," always convinced that "it doesn't matter how you photograph but what you photograph."
12) Washoku
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Scopri l'armonia dell'arte culinaria giapponese con Washoku e apprendi i segreti orientali per una vita longeva e felice!
Ti piacerebbe conoscere meglio la cucina tradizionale giapponese?
Vorresti scoprire quali sono le peculiarità e i piatti tipici del Washoku?
Vuoi migliorare la tua vita apprendendo e applicando il metodo giapponese Ikigai?
Il Washoku rappresenta la cucina tradizionale nipponica per eccellenza. I suoi colori e la sua estetica...
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Night In… Collection volume 3
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Italiano
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It's Venice at night and the tourists are gone… join popular scientist Alberto Angelo as he explores one of Europe's most magical cities.
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Night In… Collection volume 1
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Italiano
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Alberto Angela takes us on a private nighttime tour of the Egyptian Museum in Turin.
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Night In… Collection volume 4
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Italiano
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We'll experience the eruption of Vesuvius minute by minute – a catastrophe that buried the settlement of Pompeii and surroundings in ash, rubble and incandescent lava.
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Night In… Collection volume 2
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Italiano
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Join popular scientist Alberto Angela on a night tour of the city that gave birth to the Renaissance... and hear Andrea Bocelli sing in the Cathedral of Florence.
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Night In… Collection volume 5
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Italiano
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With journalist Alberto Angela as an after-hours guide, we get the 'City of Popes' all to ourselves.
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La Rosa Bianca o Weisse Rose è il nome di un gruppo di studenti, esistito dal giugno 1942 al febbraio 1943, che persero la vita a causa della loro opposizione non violenta al regime nazista.
A farne parte erano studenti tedeschi cristiani tra cui Hans School e sua sorella Sophie Scholl, Alexander Schmorell, Cristoph Probst, Will Graf e Kurt Huber, un loro professore. I ragazzi, poco pi che ventenni, a Monaco di Baviera, persuadevano i tedeschi ad...
19) Canapa Nostra
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"Canapa Nostra" is the troubled story about a forbidden plant (cannabis) that has accompanied humanity in his entire evolutionary history. The documentary is focused on Italy, where cannabis has a very interesting agricultural and legal story.
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