Geppi Cucciari presents a people show, attentive to current events. The story of today's world with irony and lightness through books, films, social networks, television and art. Actors, friends and witnesses of our time bring an exclusive collection of words, anecdotes, curiosities, objects to TV and build the week moment by moment.
Showing Season 4 of 5
Season 4
2024
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01. Episode 1
2024-10-24
Geppi Cucciari returns with a new season of "Splendida Cornice", a mix of culture, satire and entertainment. Guests of the episode: Brunori Sas, Pif, the cartoonist Leo Ortolani and Angela Isaac, protagonist of a recent act of courage during the flood in Catania. They are joined by the journalist and historian Paolo Mieli and Ludovico Peregrini, known for being "Mr. No" in the legendary program Rischiatutto by Mike Buongiorno. In addition, space for dance with the performance of Arianna Capodicasa and the musical performances of the singer-songwriter Angelica Schiatti and Giulia Mei, who presents her song "Bandiera". And again, special connections, directly from the backstage of the Assago Forum with some of the artists of the Concerto della Pace, and with the Museum of Science in Milan, where the submarine Toti is the protagonist.
02. Episode 2
2024-10-31
Geppi Cucciari's guest is Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino, during the days of the great success in theaters of "Parthenope". Next up, Monica Guerritore, star of "Inganno", a successful series where taboos on mature love are broken. The actress arrives in the studio accompanied by the Red Sox taxi, Roberto Mantovani, known for his commitment against violence against women, who in recent days has suffered vandalism on his car. And again a connection with the Potlatch bookshop in Milan, where a group of ladies gather to share erotic readings. There is also space for music with Vinicio Capossela for a suggestive Christmas performance, while Elio and Rocco Tanica pay homage to Fellini with their song "Il Circo Discutibile". During the episode, Luigi Manconi, author of the book "La scomparsa dei colori", talks about what blindness means to him, but also about his love for music, themes shared with the visually impaired artist Noè Socha, who performs with his guitar.
03. Episode 3
2024-11-07
Two hours of cultural entertainment and dissemination with a good dose of humor. Guests of Geppi Cucciari are the writer and journalist Antonio Scurati, the actor and host Claudio Bisio, the writer Paolo Di Paolo, the playwright Andrea Pennacchi and the musician Paolo Fresu. And again, the political-electoral communication expert Martina Carone, the singer Kimia Ghorbani, the journalist Pegah Moshir Pour, the Israeli director Eran Riklis and, in connection from Valencia, the cartoonist Paco Roca. As always, the four "experts" of great professionalism grappling with often improbable questions, among which stands out the feminism of the irresistible Amalia Ercoli Finzi, the first Italian aerospace engineer, the tightrope walking of the linguist Giuseppe Antonelli, the knowledge pills of Roberto Mercadini and the services on art by Alessandro Arcodia.
04. Episode 4
2024-11-14
Geppi Cucciari will have many guests, including Fabrizio Bentivoglio, the actor and director Rocco Papaleo, the Strega Prize winner Sandro Veronesi and Irene Grandi. And again, an evening full of sports champions with the former motorcycle racer, fifteen-time world champion, Giacomo Agostini, the former tennis player Ilie Nastase and Novella Calligaris, former swimmer. Also in the studio will be the art critic and curator Francesco Bonomi, connected from Palazzo Reale directly from the exhibition dedicated to Enrico Baj, and the illustrator Stefania Sbrighi. Then there will be space for classical music with Robinson McClellan, a music curator known for the recent discovery of an unpublished manuscript by Chopin, Iacopo Cividini of the Mozarteum connected from Salzburg and Carlo Centemeri who, on the notes of unpublished works by Chopin and Mozart, will accompany a performance by the Ukrainian Academy of Ballet.
05. Episode 5
2024-11-21
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06. Episode 6
2024-11-28
Guests of the episode Elena Sofia Ricci, Marco D'Amore, Piero Dorfles, Anna Ammirati, at the cinema with the new film by Gabriele Salvatores, and the actress and comedian Alessandra Ierse. And again, the actress and impersonator Brenda Lodigiani and the cartoonist and screenwriter Igort. Space for live performances with a tribute to Mina by the dancer Tommaso Stanzani, the elegance of the ballet of Les Étoiles and the performances of Giulia Mei and Angelica Schiatti, aka Angelica. During the episode, also a special connection with the Poldi Pezzoli Museum to follow the restoration of the famous "Portrait of a Young Woman" by Pietro del Pollaio.
07. Episode 7
2024-12-05
In the new episode with Geppi Cucciari, many guests: Silvio Orlando, Luca Argentero, Stefano Accorsi, Germano Lanzoni and the actor, director and writer Antonio Rezza. And again, the writers Maurizio De Giovanni, Enrico Deaglio, Giuseppe Catozzella and the co-director Deka Mohamed Osman. Also present in the episode is the journalist Marco Vizzardelli, a member of the gallery at the Teatro alla Scala famous for having shouted "Long live anti-fascist Italy" during last year's premiere, while at the lamp post of "Splendida Cornice" there is the cartoonist Giovanni Freghieri. Then there is space for music with Simona Molinari and the performance of the tenor Ramtin Ghazavi accompanied by the notes of Carlo Centemeri.
08. Episode 8
2024-12-12
New appointment full of guests, among them Caterina Guzzanti, the actors Salvatore Esposito and Silvia D'Amico, the director and host Jocelyn Hattab, the journalist Giovanna Botteri and the writer, photographer and screenwriter Valérie Perrin. From the music world, Frankie hi-nrg mc who gives the audience a reinterpretation of his famous song "Quelli che ben pensare" and the British singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti. And again, the actresses Irene Maiorino and Sara Drago, the journalist and writer Angela Frenda, the director and host Pino Strabioli, and, in connection, the director of the Bud Spencer Museum in Berlin, Matteo Luschi. At the lamp station, there is the cartoonist Manuele Fior. There will also be live performances with the exhibition of Stomp, the British group of percussionists, dancers and performers.
09. Episode 9
2024-12-19
Last appointment of the season for "Splendida Cornice" by Geppi Cucciari. Among the guests of this last episode before the Christmas break: Pif, the director Giovanni Veronesi to talk about his latest work, "Valanga Azzurra", a documentary on the legendary Italian national alpine ski team of the 70s, together with one of the protagonists and champion, Pietro Gros. In addition, the Oscar-winning pianist and composer, Nicola Piovani, author of the book "La Musica è pericolo", Vanessa Scalera, one of the protagonists of the new film by Ferza Ozpetek, "Diamanti" and the actress Federica Fracassi. Space for live performances with the dance of Virna Toppi, prima ballerina of the Teatro alla Scala, the music of Elio e Storie Tese with the new single "Natale in Trincea", the performance of The Swingles, the internationally renowned a cappella vocal group and winner of several Grammy Awards, and the bagpipers Stefano and Felice Torre.