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François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard: two great masters of film history, undisputed protagonists of an unrepeatable season as the French Nouvelle vague. First friends, then rivals, very different from each other, but both bound by a visceral love for cinema: at Giunti Odeon a series of documentary films recounting their contrasting relationship.
Encounter 4 - The protagonists: François Truffaut
He is the poet of the Nouvelle vague, the ‘son’ of Bazin, who grew up with the myth of cinema and literature. In his films, themes such as the mystery and instability of human relationships, the contrast between the purity of the dream and the harshness of reality, the regret for a lost purity emerge. His style strives to make the act of storytelling more important than the narrative itself: with Les quatrecentre coups (1959) the idea of cinematic autobiography as an aesthetic project was born, just as in Jules et Jim (1963) the contrasting story of an amour fou a tre becomes an opportunity to explore the subjectivity of the camera.
Beauty and the star-system, talent and fragility, the lights of the cinema and the shadows of life: Giunti Odeon pays tribute to one of the most extraordinary divas in the history of cinema, Marilyn Monroe, with three of her most famous and iconic films, authentic masterpieces directed by as many great directors.
At GO, we read everything… even TAROT CARDS!
On Saturday, March 22, at 5:00 PM, join us at the GO stage for a truly special event! By purchasing one of the books we’ve selected, you can book your free tarot reading at the checkout.
During the reading, you'll discover which Arcanum is linked to your book and uncover the answers to your questions!
Don't miss this magical opportunity—spots are limited!
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Children... let's read together at GO!
Every Sunday, from 11:00 to 12:00, our readers will take you through the pages of wonderful books, right under the stage at GO! Soft pillows and plenty of stories await you to end the week beautifully!
Each child who participates will receive a card where they can collect a sticker for each reading. Collect all 5 stickers on the card, and you'll receive a complimentary book (chosen from a selection of curated collections).
Free admission and no reservation required. Readings will be carried out only when the necessary attendance is reached.
Three masterpieces of Italian silent films (at Giunti Odeon in splendid new restored versions with original musical accompaniment) to discover the fascination of "diva-film". Three films inhabited by formidable women and actresses, who a century ago became absolute protagonists of the culture of the image. Ma l'amore mio non muore (1913), Lyda Borelli's first film and the origin of the diva-film: a plunge into the imagination, culture and Italian Art Nouveau fashion. Sangue Blue (1914): Francesca Bertini achieves diva status in a sumptuous marital and maternal melodrama. Assunta Spina (1915), 'the' film of Bertini, also director: her greatest success, her most passionate role, the progenitor of cinematic realism.
On the occasion of the Dante Day, Giunti Odeon offers 2 unmissable films in restored version. Inferno (1911), produced by Milano Films, the first adaptation of the Divine Comedy. Long available only in damaged, mutilated or censored copies, Inferno has been restored to its princeps edition, to the correct sequence of shots, to the fullness of its light and colours by a lengthy restoration work carried out by the Cineteca di Bologna. One hundred years later, the spectator finds himself once again enveloped in the horrific and marvellous vision of figurations inspired by Gustave Doré (and other illustrators), but as if revisited by a cruel Méliès: desolation of the moors pierced by open sepulchres, sudden flashes, the petrousness of the gorges, the acuteness of the dry brambles, damned crawling or proceeding decapitated mutilated disembowelled, the bizarre features of mythological creatures, the monstrous metamorphoses. Next is one of the first films made on the life of Dante Alighieri. Released more than a century ago (in 1922) Dante in his life and times was shot entirely in Florence and is one of the longest films (92') in the history of Italian silent cinema. In the film, Dante is at the centre of political plots and the love affair between Segna de' Calligai and Coronella, the latter a nun who is kidnapped from the convent. The abduction triggers a series of reactions in which Guelphs and Ghibellines are the protagonists. After Dante's death in Ravenna, where he had gone to avert war with the Venetians, his son finds, thanks to a night vision, the last part of the Divine Comedy, which had been lost.
An actor (and director) of incredible artistic talent, Paul Newman was one of the most admired performers in the history of American cinema, having brought unforgettable characters to life, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. Giunti Odeon pays tribute to the great actor with three of his most important films, authentic masterpieces directed by as many great directors.
On the GO stage, Leonetta Bentivoglio will take us through the life and work of one of the most important poets of the 20th century, as told in Una chiara confusione – per Patrizia Cavalli (Clichy). Engaging in conversation with the author will be Sandro Lombardi.
The Book:
A journey into the poetry of Patrizia Cavalli, beyond the pop icon that emerged following her passing in June 2022. Leonetta Bentivoglio, a journalist for la Repubblica and author of Clichy’s volumes on Pina Bausch and Sylvia Plath, captures the poetic essence of one of the most significant voices in 20th-century Italian poetry. This essay is marked by immediacy, freshness, and simplicity, making Cavalli’s universe accessible to all.
The book is enriched with twenty-five portraits of the poet, focusing on her gaze—an essential window into her inner world, just as vital as her poetic words.
The Author:
Leonetta Bentivoglio has been writing for la Repubblica since the 1980s. Among her books are La danza contemporanea(Longanesi, 1985) and Il teatro di Pina Bausch (Ubulibri, 1991). Other titles include Vieni, balla con me (Barbès, 2008), again on Pina Bausch’s dance theater, Corpi senza menzogna (Barbès, 2009) on director Pippo Delbono, and Il mio Verdi(Castelvecchi, 2013), about the greatest Verdi interpreters of our time.
In 2003, she edited Una volta by Wim Wenders (Socrates), later republished by Contrasto in 2016. For Garzanti, she selected and translated Thomas Hardy’s short stories (I tre sconosciuti e altri racconti, 2006). Alongside Lidia Bramani, she co-authored E Susanna non vien. Amore e sesso in Mozart (Feltrinelli, 2014; second edition, Universale Feltrinelli, 2019). For Clichy, she curated the Sorbonne series volumes on Pina Bausch and Sylvia Plath, which have been reprinted multiple times.
Encounter 5 - The protagonists: Éric Rohmer, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette
With Godard and Truffaut, they are the other three great masters of the Nouvelle vague: Rohmer stages not actions, but thought, in a spiritual and erotic tension in which chance dominates (Le signe du lion, La collectioneuse, Ma nuit avec Maude). Chabrol is the one who most reflects on the relationship with genres (in particular the detective story set in the provinces), with writing that turns into an infernal trap (Le beau Serge, Les cousins). In Rivette's cinema, narration gives way to a labyrinth in which one gets lost between reality and imagination (Paris nous appartien).
Giunti Odeon celebrates female cinema, proposing three cult films, one from the past and two from the present, with women as the absolute protagonists. Tenacious and passionate, torn between difficult choices and passionate loves, those told in these two films are the women who stop at nothing and who are not afraid to face the pitfalls of life, without giving up their own identity.
A new #AutografiaGOgò event!
This time featuring Ribes Halley, author of Unrepentant. Impenitenti (Magazzini Salani).
Grab your copies—let’s go!
The book:
Kerys Westwood was kidnapped, drugged, and held captive for two weeks by a mysterious assailant who vanished without a trace after her release. She remembers almost nothing of the harrowing experience, yet it has changed her forever—she is no longer the carefree, somewhat frivolous girl who started college. Now, she feels permanently tainted by darkness, drawn to it perhaps more than she is willing to admit.
When Professor Bonavick selects her for his Criminology internship in collaboration with the police department, Kerys sees it as a chance to access confidential information and finally uncover the truth about her abduction. Even more so when Dr. Davil Crain, a renowned consultant with a magnetic gaze and an aura as ambiguous as it is captivating, seems keen to help her.
However, things take a dark turn when a supposed serial killer starts murdering students on campus, and one by one, the internship participants are exposed for committing heinous crimes. A single, sinister thread appears to link all these events—a twisted mind that knows everyone’s secrets and is determined to bring them to light at any cost.
As the danger escalates, Kerys and Davil find themselves ensnared in an irresistible game of death and seduction—one that may have no escape.
The author:
Ribes Halley is an Italian author with a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. A lifelong storyteller, she loves writing stories of all kinds. She is an avid consumer of TV series and fan fiction and began creating her own because she enjoys reimagining her favorite characters, whether real or fictional.
Since 2022, she has published the Dance of Bulls series with Sperling & Kupfer. In 2024, Lonely Hearts, the first volume of the Chemical Hearts saga, was released, followed by Fragile Hearts. Chemical Hearts Vol. 2.
In 2025, she publishes Unrepentant. Impenitenti with Salani.
At Giunti Odeon a series of extremely rare documentaries collecting the testimonies of the great masters of Italian cinema. From Fellini to Pasolini, from Visconti to De Sica, from Rossellini to Bertolucci, from Antonioni to Bellocchio and many others, an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at so many cinema masterpieces.
When one of the greatest British actors and directors meets the queen of detective stories. In recent years Kenneth Branagh has begun adapting Agatha Christie's most famous novels for the cinema, impersonating with originality and sophistication the most famous of her characters: Hercule Poirot. Giunti Odeon offers the first two films of this ‘series’.
A selection of short films, suitable for young and old, made in recent years by Pixar, one of the world's most famous animation studios, part of the Disney universe. Accompanying these shorts are a number of short documentaries, full of testimonies, which tell the story and the creations of this great reality of contemporary animation cinema.
Beauty and the star-system, talent and fragility, the lights of the cinema and the shadows of life: Giunti Odeon pays tribute to one of the most extraordinary divas in the history of cinema, Marilyn Monroe, with three of her most famous and iconic films, authentic masterpieces directed by as many great directors.
At Giunti Odeon a selection of American classics from the 1980s! Colourful, crazy, experimental, joyful and dark at the same time: the films of that decade are the kaleidoscope of a renewed and euphoric society, but not without its shadows. Here then are the films of masters such as Robert Zemeckis, David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese and many other cult films to see and see again!
Odeon, the history of cinema in Florence
All the most beautiful films, the most illustrious guests, and the most important events have had the grand hall of the historic center as their stage. Discover its history.
A century of cinema and culture
From 1922 to the present, the history of Florence's Odeon cinema in a book full of pictures, documents, stories and curiosities.
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