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!

On the occasion of the opening of the Pinocchio Museum (Via Ricasoli, Florence), the exhibition Pinocchio, curated by Fabio De Poli, will be inaugurated at Giunti Odeon.

The Exhibition:

*"At first, Fabio De Poli declares his strong and stubborn dislike for Pinocchio and all things related to him. However, he later 'repents' and, fascinated by paper, color, scissors, and the 'humble' materials of a skilled painting technique, recreates a kind of silhouette story. In this, the memory of Mazzanti, but also of Mattioli, is pushed forward, transforming each character into a colorful cutout—like a children's game by those who have learned, and well, the lesson of Matisse. De Poli positions himself at the farthest edge where book illustration meets painting. His work is both one and the other. (...)

The most significant pieces by De Poli are undoubtedly those where Pinocchio takes revenge on the artist’s declared aversion and completely dominates the space. With his sharp angles, dynamic lines, and twisting movements, he divides the collage’s space, becoming shadow and backlight, an optical illusion as well as a tangible, tactile reality."*

— Valentino Baldacci and Andrea Rauch, Pinocchio e la sua immagine, Giunti 2006, p. 44

The Artist:

Fabio De Poli was born in Genoa in 1947 and now lives in the countryside around Montecatini Terme (PT). In 1964, he attended the Florence Institute of Art, specializing in advertising graphics under the guidance of Lucio Venna.

In the early 1970s, he produced a series of New Dada works and was recommended by Enrico Crispolti for the Paris Biennale of Young Artists. He participated in numerous prestigious art exhibitions and developed an interest in design, creating object-furniture pieces. He collaborated with Eugenio Miccini and Antonio Bueno on the magazine Visual.

In 1984, he moved to Rome as a guest of Mario Ceroli and began a new series of works titled Roma. That same year, he took part in the XXIX National Art Biennale of Milan. From then on, he exhibited extensively, showcasing large-scale paintings, graphic works, design objects, and artist books. He founded the magazine Meta, parole e immagini, and in 1992, he participated in the Italian Artist’s Book exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In 1996, the monograph Fabio De Poli, opere 1969-1996 was published by Polistampa. In 1998, he exhibited alongside Mario Ceroli at Palazzo Vecchio’s Sala d’Arme in Florence with Due atti unici. In 1999, Gillo Dorfles and Paolo Minetti presented his artist’s book Pour Moi at the National Central Library of Florence. That same year, he created his first virtual exhibition, The Most Beautiful Art Exhibition in the World.

In the early 2000s, his participation in exhibitions grew, attracting increasing attention from art critics. In 2002, he was featured in The History of Italian Art, curated by Giorgio Di Genova. His collaboration with the Farsetti Gallery led to multiple exhibitions, including the presentation of the book Fabio De Poli. Tracce d’artista at the Milan venue in 2004.

In 2003, in Vasto, he created two external mosaics, each 100 square meters, on a residential building designed by Studio Dearch. In 2004, in collaboration with Mirabili, he installed the iron sculpture RossoAirone in Montecatini’s Viale Verdi. The following year, he designed a 60-meter stained glass window for the new Meyer Children's Hospital in Florence.

As an illustrator, he collaborated with Andrea Rauch on La Biblioteca Junior, publishing four children's books: Notte di luna (which won the Andersen Prize for Best Illustrated Book), Zan-denti, Pinocchio, and Filo. In 2010, Usher Arte published Cinquanta Piccoli De Poli, a collection of his works.

Following the events of September 11, he donated a commemorative artwork to the U.S. Consulate in Florence. He also inaugurated an art space at the Palace Hotel in Vasto, creating a permanent installation titled Ritratto continuo, featuring 63 works.

Since the early 2000s, he has designed the awards for the Capalbio Cinema Prize and worked on stained glass windows for Siena’s new Museum of Resistance. Later, he became the artistic director of the Usher Arte Gallery in Lucca and, since 2015, has directed the Art Corner space at the San Giorgio Library in Pistoia.

In 2012, his major retrospective 20 anni con Vasto was held at Palazzo Mattioli in Vasto. In the following years, he continued his personal exhibitions and engagements in graphic design, art, and design. He has collaborated extensively with the Carlo Palli Archive and participated in numerous collective exhibitions organized by the archive.

Among his many public and private collaborations, notable projects include SheetArt and Compagnia dei Santi Bevitori. In January 2020, he exhibited the series Libri clandestini at the Gli Ori publishing house’s stand at Artefiera Bologna. In June of the same year, he published Tutta colpa di Raffaello with the same publisher.

In the spring of 2022, his exhibition Libri clandestini was held in Civitanova Marche, showcasing his ongoing exploration of book-related themes. In 2023, he was named an honorary academician of the Accademia delle Arti e del Disegno in Florence.

In the summer of 2024, he participated in the solo exhibition On the Road, curated by Fabio Gori as part of Paesaggi Contemporanei, a contemporary art initiative promoting the Radicondoli area. The exhibition was later hosted at the Milan branch of the Farsetti Gallery in November.

He continues to curate the Art Corner space at the San Giorgio Library in Pistoia and is organizing an exhibition on Saul Steinberg, featuring a collection of covers the illustrator created for The New Yorker.

In 2025, he will be present at ARTEFIERA Bologna with the Frediano Farsetti Gallery.

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.

At Giunti Odeon the traditional Sunday appointment with all the great Disney and Pixar classics! To see and see again the great animated films that over many years have enchanted generations of viewers, young and old!

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.

Cristina Manetti will join us to present her book A Penelope che prende la valigia (Giunti), alongside Maria Elena Viola, editor-in-chief of Donna Moderna, with a special appearance by Nancy Brilli.

The Book:

This epistolary novel follows a mother writing to her twelve-year-old daughter, Penelope, and her friends, imagining a suitcase filled with words. Words that, when used wisely, can become actions, drive change, and shape their futures—just as they did for many women before them. It is a metaphor for Penelope’s journey but also for all young girls, future women still traveling toward equality and respect.

Courage, Freedom, Hope, Tenacity, Kindness, Respect, Joy, Imagination, Compassion, Future, Generosity, Change—these are just some of the words that will fill the girls’ suitcase, helping them become the architects of their own destinies.

The Author:

Cristina Manetti is a journalist, Chief of Staff for the Tuscany Region, and President of the Casa di Dante Museum. She is also the creator of Toscana delle Donne, a groundbreaking initiative by the Tuscany Region aimed at combating gender-based violence and discrimination while promoting women's rights, merits, and talents through innovative and unconventional approaches.

Since its launch in 2022, Toscana delle Donne has grown into a movement, with three editions, dozens of events, and thousands of participants. The initiative addresses gender equality across various fields, from work and culture to science and sports. Recognized by the European Union as a model of best practices, it has attracted the involvement of renowned journalists, actresses, artists, musicians, and scientists—including Lucia Goracci, Giovanna Botteri, Isabella Ferrari, Stefania Sandrelli, Alessio Boni, Milly Carlucci, Dacia Maraini, and Michelangelo Pistoletto, among many others.

A particularly significant moment in this journey was the solidarity campaign for Iranian women, including the appeal for the release of Iranian Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, launched on November 25 alongside another Nobel laureate, Oleksandra Matviichuk.

All of this is driven by the firm belief that: "The freedom of every woman is the freedom of all, and violence against one of them affects every woman, wherever she may be."

An extraordinary journey through the myths, masterpieces and legends of Hollywood cinema. From Keaton to Kubrick, from Welles to Coppola and Scorsese, at Giunti Odeon a series of documentaries, rich in footage and testimonials, on a century and more of American cinema: a compelling account of the greatest and most dazzling industry of dreams.

At Giunti Odeon a rich selection of films and documentaries on painting, visual arts and comics in the 20th century. This is a selection of very rare titles (with many experimental and artist films) - from the Cineteca di Bologna archive - dedicated to the life and works of Alberto Burri, Umberto Boccioni, Primo Conti, Giorgio De Chirico, Antoni Gaudì, Alberto Grifi, Hugo Pratt, Gino Rossi and many others.

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 1 - The politique des auteurs

The Nouvelle vague was born out of the cultural ferment that invaded Paris and France after the war. Cinema became more and more a cultural phenomenon: the Cinématheque Française directed by Henri Langlois, film clubs, magazines, among which André Bazin's Cahiers du Cinéma, constituted the prerequisites for the birth of a new criticism on which a new and combative generation of cinephiles took shape, fighting against ‘de papa’ French production and in defence of auteur cinema (in particular Hitchcock, Vigo, Renoir, Rossellini). This was the birth of the politique des auteurs, i.e. the theoretical seed from which the Nouvelle vague would flourish.

At Giunti Odeon, three great classics of American cinema from the 1970s will immerse you once again in the psychedelic and futuristic atmospheres of a decade that forever marked the imagination of cinema, music, visual culture and fashion.

Giunti Odeon pays tribute to one of the most important directors of contemporary cinema, James Cameron, with his most famous film: an absolute masterpiece that marked the imagination, moving and enamouring several generations.

At Giunti Odeon the traditional appointment with the great Disney and Pixar classics! To see and see again the great animated films that over many years have enchanted generations of viewers, young and old!

A new #AutografiaGOgò event is coming!

Join us for a special book signing with Pierric Bailly, author of Il fulmine (Clichy), who will be signing all your copies!

The Book:

Il fulmine is a novel of passionate love and desolation, reinventing the American nature writing tradition through a European lens.

John, the narrator, is a thirty-year-old shepherd in the Jura region. Each year, he spends five months alone in a cabin, accompanied only by his flock. Roaming the beech and spruce forests of the valley, he encounters all kinds of wildlife: rabbits, chamois, lynxes.

One day, while browsing the news, he stumbles upon a shocking story: Alexandre Perrin, a former high school friend, now a veterinarian and animal rights activist, has been accused of murder. Alexandre allegedly killed a 20-year-old hunter—an argument gone wrong. Now, he’s in custody.

Deeply unsettled, John leaves his isolated retreat to learn more. He reaches out to Nadia, Alexandre’s wife and another former classmate. As their connection rekindles, John is drawn into an unexpected and passionate affair that will upend his life.

Following L’amore ha tre dimensioni and L’uomo dei boschi, this new novel, with its noir undertones, further establishes Bailly as one of France’s most intriguing and elusive literary voices.

The Author:

Pierric Bailly was born in Champagnole in 1982. He has lived in La Frasnée, Lons-le-Saunier, Poids-de-Fiole, and Savagnin—small villages nestled in the forests of the French Jura. After abandoning his film studies, he took on various precarious jobs while pursuing writing.

Today, he divides his time between Lyon and Clairvaux-les-Lacs. His novels, all published in France by P.O.L., include:

• L’amore ha tre dimensioni (Clichy, 2013)
• L’uomo dei boschi (Clichy, 2018)
• Les enfants des autres (2020)
• Le Roman de Jim (2021)

Don’t miss this chance to meet Pierric Bailly in person!

Encounter 2 - The Vague arrives

Demolishing old stereotypes, immersing oneself in reality, searching for new stories and new performers. The Nouvelle vague is a generational movement that has its foundations in the 1950s. Brigitte Bardot's erotic explosion, the urban setting, sentimental confusion, as well as technological changes and the new way of producing films, are all phenomena that anticipate the Nouvelle vague. At the end of the decade, this ‘wave’ found in Louis Malle (and his film Elevator to the Gallows) one of its precursors.

Gabriele Galasso's Digital Photography Course is aimed at all those who are interested in photography, both from a technical point of view and from a language perspective, and who are taking their first steps with digital photography.

The goal of the course is to provide participants with all the knowledge needed to shoot in manual mode independently, immediately putting into practice, through photographic exercises, the shooting techniques while stimulating their creativity both during the day and at night.

Through the viewing of images from past and contemporary photographers, the potential of photographic language is analyzed. A camera capable of manual shooting is required.

The subscription (120€ and 60€ for those under 25) can be purchased at the GO ticket office. Registration is limited.

PROGRAM FOR THE 4th LESSON

Daytime Practical Session

During the daytime outing, theoretical concepts will be put into practice through photographic exercises, shooting the city at night with artificial light.

Gabriele Galasso

Gabriele Galasso was born in 1995 in Umbria. He graduated in Cinema Studies at DAMS at Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna, and following his passion for art, he realized that his artistic expression comes through photography. He enrolled in a two-year photography course at Spazio Labo', and at the end of the program, he joined the team initially as an assistant for courses and masterclasses and later as an instructor for digital and analog photography courses. His photographic interest is particularly focused on personal artistic research, while he also works on commissioned projects for brands, companies, and events.

In addition, he designs educational programs aimed at young children, creating tools to raise awareness of photographic language through practical and experiential workshops and basic photography concepts for children and teenagers.

He currently lives and works in Florence, collaborating with various organizations.

Encounter 3 - The protagonists: Jean-Luc Godard

The Nouvelle Vague was also born from the dual relationship of love and detachment with classic American cinema, which is also a painful confrontation between myth and reality. A bout the souffle (1960) is a key film in this sense, through the use of metalanguage and the disruption of traditional narration. Godard continued his research on language through other important films such as Questa è la mia vita (1962), Le mépris (1963), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville (1965), until he elaborated a ‘political’ idea of his own cinema around 1968.

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.

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).