"I crossed all of Paris because it is the only cinema open this morning"

The sun is shining on this first Monday of summer. In eastern Paris, in front of the MK2 Library, it's the ambiance of the great days. On the forecourt, several television teams, including those from France 24, are there. After three long months of closure, this multiplex is one of the very first in France to reopen. This first session at 9:40 am is historic. In Lyon as in Paris, some cinemas certainly opened during the night, but to see a film in Paris this Monday morning, you had to come here. The vast majority of cinemas like Pathé and UGC stalled their first sessions only in the late afternoon.

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“ It's the big day. We decided to resume as usual, so from 9:40 am, ”smiles Nathanaël Karmitz, chairman of the board of directors of the MK2 group. Inside the cinema behind the counter at Bob's café, Marc is delighted to find the customers: " An Americano with a cookie?" ", He suggests. He was less fortunate than the other restaurateurs. Upon reopening

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