Set in Toscana

Films and series set in Toscana. And which are in Tuscan.

235 films and series set here, 50 with their speech described.

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  1. 235 titles set in Toscana · click a dot to filter
  2. 1FirenzeAmici miei73
  3. 2LivornoOvosodo15
  4. 3PisaAmici miei - Atto IIº10
  5. 4SienaSei nell'anima9
  6. 5GrossetoPierino colpisce ancora8
  7. 6Isola di MontecristoIl conte di Montecristo4
  8. 7LuccaFinalmente la felicità3
  9. 8ArezzoLa vita è bella2
  10. 9PratoMadonna che silenzio c'è stasera2
  11. 10Bagno VignoniNostalghia1
  12. 11Castiglione della PescaiaManuale d'amore 31
  13. 12FollonicaQuesto mondo è per te1
  14. 13Isola d'ElbaN (Io e Napoleone)1
  15. 14MaremmaDomani accadrà1
  16. 15PiombinoAcciaio1
  17. 16RiparbellaLa chimera1

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Seven titles are set in more than one town here and appear under each pill they belong to, so the pills above total 244 against Everywhere's 235.

10 of 235Ordered by how often each title is looked up on Italian Wikipedia.
  • I delitti del BarLume2013 · series · Tuscan, standard
    #11,389avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    The four old men at the bar and most of the townspeople speak strongly Livornese-inflected Tuscan — local lexicon, local exclamations and aspirated Tuscan consonants — over what is still standard grammar, so a learner follows the sense but loses the flavour and the odd punchline.

    The comic engine is four men interrupting each other at speed, with Massimo's exasperated interjections cutting across them.

  • La vita è bella1997 · film · Arezzo · standard
    #2644avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    Stated languages: inglese, italiano, tedesco

    Benigni and the Arezzo characters speak standard Italian with a marked Tuscan accent and light Tuscan colouring; grammar and lexicon stay standard throughout, and the camp scenes add German rather than dialect.

    Benigni delivers at a rapid, comic clip with frequent self-interruption and people talking across each other, and the German-officer scenes layer shouted orders under his running improvisation.

  • Amici miei1975 · film · Firenze · Tuscan, standard
    #3430avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    The five friends speak Florentine-inflected Italian throughout — standard grammar but a steady load of Tuscan lexical choices, discourse particles and local aspirated consonants, so a learner follows the sense while losing colour.

    Group scenes run on fast Tuscan cross-talk with constant interruption, and several set pieces depend on characters barrelling through invented patter faster than their victims can object.

  • La meglio gioventù2003 · film · Firenze · standard
    #4406avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    The Carati family and nearly everyone around them speak standard Italian with Roman and other regional accents; Sicilian and Turin-immigrant characters add local colour without shifting the speech out of standard grammar and lexicon.

    Normal Italian conversational speed, with overlapping voices mainly in the crowded family scenes and political meetings; the many two-handers are delivered unhurriedly.

    Also set elsewhere — the description covers the whole title.

  • Carabinieri2002 · series · Firenze · standard
    #5351avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    Standard broadcast Italian throughout, with light central-Italian accent colour and the odd regional turn from the town's civilian characters.

    Normal conversational pace with clear television diction; overlap is limited and mostly confined to the lighter ensemble scenes.

  • Il colibrì2022 · film · Firenze · standard
    #6324avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    Speech is standard Italian throughout with Florentine/Tuscan colouring in accent and a light regional turn of phrase in the family scenes; no shift out of standard Italian.

    Normal adult conversational pace with some overlap in the family arguments, but most exchanges are two-handers delivered at a followable speed.

  • Il ciclone1996 · film · Tuscan, standard
    #7316avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    The Tuscan/Florentine characters speak with heavy local colouring — aspirated consonants, local turns of phrase and vernacular fillers — but the grammar stays standard Italian, so lines are followable rather than lost.

    Tuscan comic banter runs fast, with family and group scenes full of interruption and people talking over one another.

  • Non ci resta che piangere1984 · film · standard, Neapolitan, Tuscan
    #8316avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    Stated languages: italiano, lingua napoletana

    Troisi speaks Italian pulled hard toward Neapolitan in lexicon, syntax and cadence while Benigni's is Tuscan-coloured; the grammar stays broadly standard but a learner loses phrases in the improvised exchanges.

    Fast overlapping comic cross-talk, and Troisi's swallowed, half-muttered delivery makes the effective rate harder than the words alone would suggest.

  • Sapore di mare1983 · film · standard, Romanesco
    #9306avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    Everyone speaks standard Italian, but the Roman friends carry audible Roman colouring and the northern family a Milanese inflection, which stays at the level of accent and a few local turns of phrase rather than a separate grammar.

    Comic delivery is quick, and the ensemble scenes with the young men talking over each other bring frequent interruption and cross-talk.

  • Pinocchio2019 · film · standard, Tuscan, Neapolitan
    #10278avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

    The cast speaks a rustic Tuscan-coloured Italian, with several supporting and animal characters voiced in markedly southern accents, but the grammar stays standard and the regional element is lexical and phonetic rather than a separate language.

    Ordinary conversational speed for most scenes, quickened by the fast comic patter and interruption of the fox-and-cat pair and by the crowd noise at the puppet theatre.

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