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The UGC Normandie, the last major cinema on the Champs-Élysées, is about to close its doors

2024-03-16T07:26:09.362Z

Highlights: The Champs-Elysees will be closed for the rest of the year. It will be the last time the cinema will be open to the public. The cinema is owned by the city of Paris. It was built in the early 1900s and is one of the oldest cinemas in the world. It is located in the heart of the city, near the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. It has a capacity of 865 seats and is the largest cinema in the city.


If negotiations to reduce the rent with the royal family of Qatar, owner of the walls, go badly, UGC will close this legendary room. A scandal according to Pierre-Yves Bournazel, Edouard Philippe's suitor for Paris town hall against Anne Hidalgo and Rachida Dati.


On April 11, this year again, Thierry Frémaux will organize the major press conference of the Cannes Film Festival at the UGC Normandie in Paris, on the Champs-Élysées.

The announcement of the selection could very well be made elsewhere, the audience of invited journalists never filling this majestic room of 865 seats.

But out of loyalty and for prestige, the invitation launched by the general delegate of the international film festival always bears the address 116 bis, avenue des Champs-Élysées.

The large room, completely renovated in 2019, is worth a look for its graceful curves, its deep blue armchairs and its starry ceiling.

This is perhaps the last time that Thierry Frémaux will speak in this place, popular with film buffs for 90 years.

Because the management of UGC will not be able to continue its operation beyond the spring if it does not obtain a renegotiation - downward - of its rent.

On April 24, the cinema will welcome, with the splendor of evenings of yesteryear, Ryan…

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Source: lefigaro

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