Italian crime drama

[glasgowcyclist]

For UK members who enjoy Italian crime dramas, BBC4 will be showing four episodes of Il commissario De Luca (UK title: Inspector De Luca) beginning on Saturday 22 April at 21:00hrs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03zdgxd

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[the_mikey]

This is very good news

 

[discominer]

This Saturday, no?

 

[coffeejo]

Calling @Speicher

 

[Speicher]

Calling @Speicher

Luca? As in Montalbano?

 

[coffeejo]

Luca? As in Montalbano?

I'm just the messenger!

 

[Speicher]

Not the same Luca (Zingaretti) sadly.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Not the same Luca (Zingaretti) sadly.

Might not be old bandy legs but it looks like it might be quite good.

 

[Angry Blonde]

Columbos the best like

 

[AndyRM]

This looks pretty good.

I know it's a long shot, but does anyone happen to know if the subtitles are any good? I tried watching 'Corleone' when it was on last year and the translation made it damn hard to follow; the grammar also did my head in.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

This looks pretty good.

I know it's a long shot, but does anyone happen to know if the subtitles are any good? I tried watching 'Corleone' when it was on last year and the translation made it damn hard to follow; the grammar also did my head in.

There are lengthy clips at the link in my first post, you'll be able to judge for yourself. Subtitles, particularly for a foreign language, are fraught with difficulty; do you try to remain faithful to the literal and emotional elements of the script or do you compress it to keep up with the unfolding action? The best answer is ... learn Italian!

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[AndyRM]

There are lengthy clips at the link in my first post, you'll be able to judge for yourself. Subtitles, particularly for a foreign language, are fraught with difficulty; do you try to remain faithful to the literal and emotional elements of the script or do you compress it to keep up with the unfolding action? The best answer is ... learn Italian!

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Managed to miss the clip somehow, they look vastly superior so I'll give this a look, thanks for the heads up.

That was part of the problem - I know a bit of Italian so could pick out some parts, but the translation seemed at odds with what I thought I was hearing so I ended up very confused.

 

[Basil.B]

Sara guardare!