October 25, 2024

France Odeon 2024

From 29 October to 2 November the festival dedicated to French cinema returns to Florence

From 29 October to 2 November, the best of French cinema returns to Florence with five days of the best films from beyond the Alps in the presence of directors, actors, screenwriters and cultural personalities, meetings and special events.

Twelve films, many premieres, numerous guests, including actor Vincent Lindon, coppa Volpi at the 81st Venice Film Festival; on the jury, award-winning writer, poet and essayist Tahar Ben Jelloun; and a tribute to icon Alain Delon, who passed away in August. This is the 16th edition of France Odeon staged between Cinema La Compagnia, the Institut Français and, for the first time, the new Fiesole Theater.

Opening film, Niki by Céline Sallette (presented at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section), a sensitive biopic exploring the art and life of Niki de Saint Phalle, played by Charlotte Le Bon (Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Cinema La Compagnia, 7:45 p.m.).

On the afternoon of the same day, (5:30 p.m.), Emmanuel Courcol's En fanfare. The story of a young internationally renowned conductor who discovers he has a severe form of leukemia and only a one-in-a-million chance to find a compatible donor. Fate will come his way... For the occasion (5 p.m.), the Band Ensemble of the Associazione Musicale Fiorentina, conducted by Alessandro Giusti, performs walking down the street between Piazza Duomo and La Compagnia, finally entering the hall before the film screening.

There are two opportunities to meet Vincent Lindon: on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. at Cinema La Compagnia, where he is in theaters to present Le choix , remake of Steven Knight's Locke (2013), and on Friday, Nov. 1 at 8:15 p.m., also at Cinema La Compagnia, where the actor is the protagonist of a meeting with the public before the screening of Jouer avec le feu (9:10 p.m.), the film for which Lindon won the prestigious award in Venice, with Stefan Crepon and Benjamin Voisin also participating in the screening.

Also not to be missed is Père et fils, Philippe Noiret's latest performance, which arrives for the first time in Italy, with a screening in the presence of director Michel Boujenah (Thursday, Oct. 31 at Cinema La Compagnia, 5:45 p.m.), among the most anticipated guests along with director Baya Kasmi at France Odeon with Mikado (Friday, Nov. 1 at Cinema La Compagnia, 3 p.m.), both of whom have already been applauded in past editions of the festival

On Saturday, Nov. 2, the 2024 edition of France Odeon closes by going out of town for the first time, with a meeting at the Nuovo Teatro di Fiesole with Tahar Ben Jelloun (10:30 a.m.), before the screening of La piscine (1986), the heartfelt tribute to the legendary Alain Delon.

But let's look in more detail at the France Odeon 2024 program:

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
CINEMA THE COMPANY
5:30 p.m. - PRE-OPENING - En fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol
7:45 p.m. - OPENING - Jury presentation: Tahar Ben Jelloun, Milena Vukotic, Maurizio Braucci and Carolina Pavone
FOLLOWING | OPENING FILM Niki by Céline Sallette

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
FRENCH INSTITUTE
11 a.m. - CONFERENCE - Natural rules for artificial intelligences - Comparison between Italy and France
CINEMA LA COMPAGNIA
17.45 - Mon inséparable - by Anne-Sophie Bailly
19.30 - Leurs enfants après eux by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma
Marcello Mastroianni Award - The directors will be present

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
CINEMA LA COMPAGNIA
4:30 p.m. - BOOK PRESENTATION - Cinéma mon amour - One hundred French films to love by Ignazio Senatore, Classi Editions, Florence, 2024
Valentina Grazzini converses with the author
5:45 p.m. - MY PROMISE TO PHILIPPE - Père et fils by Michel Boujenah
The director and Milena Vukotic will be present
8 p.m. - Le choix by Gilles Bourdos
Vincent Lindon and producer Olivier Delbosc will be present
9:45 p.m. - La bête by Bertrand Bonello
The director will be present

FRIDAY, NOV. 1
CINEMA LA COMPAGNIA
11 a.m. - Le royaume by Julien Colonna
France Odeon Award - Mediterranean Looks 2024
3 p.m. - Mikado by Baya Kasmi
The director will be present
17.15 - Le déluge by Gianluca Jodice
The director will be present
FOLLOWING | CLOSING CEREMONY - Presentation of the Foglia d'Oro - Manetti Battiloro prizes awarded by the jury
8:15 p.m. - COVERAGE - Vincent Lindon, Coppa Volpi at Venice 81, meets the audience
FOLLOWING - Jouer avec le feu by Delphine and Muriel Coulin
Coppa Volpi to Vincent Lindon, cast and producer Oliver Delbosc will be present.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
THEATER OF FIESOLE
10:30 a.m. - Tahar Ben Jelloun, president of the France Odeon 24 jury, meets the audience
FOLLOWING | HOMAGE TO ALAIN DELON - The Swimming Pool of Jacques Deray
Introduced by Marco Ruggeri

ADMISSION: full 8€ / reduced 7€ / subscription 5 shows 30€
REDUCTIONS: YOUNG FIRST ROW (first two rows reserved for spectators under 25), Institut Français cardholders, Mediateca Regionale Toscana, IOinCOMPAGNIA, Teatro della Pergola, ACI cardholders, Amici dei Musei Fiorentini, ATAF ticket