I'm just beginning Level 5 Italian. I'm becoming more interested in watching films and television shows in Italian in order to hear it spoken. But I've also become aware that what we Americans call "Italian" is not the language spoken throughout Italy.

I had been aware there there were different dialects from the different regions, but I thought of these dialects as differences in pronunciation, but of the same language, like the different regions of the United Kingdom or, for that matter, the United States. But I've become aware recently that these different dialects in Italy are virtually different languages in that a person speaking Sicilian is not understood by someone who speaks Veneziano. I recall one of the characters in "My Brilliant Friend" asking in an angry voice, "Am I supposed to speak to you in Italian?" as if that were an onerous and ridiculous requirement for conversation.

This brings me to my question. If I'm watching a film or television show on Netflix from the Italian films and television shows category, how confident can I be that I'm listening to Italian, and not some regional dialect that is not Italian? My ear is nowhere near good enough to detect the difference. Or are movies and television shows recorded in standard Italian (but with regional accents) as a general practice?

Does anyone know?

Thank you to anyone who can provide insight regarding this.

It is very difficult to work with the dark background in the "Write the conversation you hear" portion of the Spanish Level 3 sessions.

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Hi everyone, thank you for sharing your thoughts and for being so candid about your experience here. The Fluenz Commons is meant to be a space where learners connect, share, and help each other with language questions, but we completely understand the frustration when conversations go quiet for too long. While our team does join in, the main goal is peer-to-peer exchange — still, we’ll make sure to be more present so questions don’t go unanswered. And just to reassure you, Fluenz is very much active: we continue to update and improve our programs (some languages have received major upgrades recently, while others get ongoing corrections), even if that’s not always reflected directly in Commons. For anything requiring a direct or prompt response, the fastest way to reach us is always through usersupport@fluenz.com
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