From Pigalle to rue Saint-Denis, the twilight of sex shops, businesses in danger of disappearing. 132 in 2003, 65 in 2023.
Half of the capital's sex shops have closed in twenty years. Survivors have an obligation to keep the shops open. But few people rush behind the thick red curtains still hung in front of certain shops. "Here, it’s the cave, the chiaroscuro,” smiles Terry, a young salesman in a sex shop at the foot of the Moulin-Rouge.