"
Dear spectators, dear spectators, I remember our first fortuitous meetings, in the darkness of the room, the moving light of the screen illuminating your face ...
", recalls the actress Naidra Ayadi, César for the best female hope in 2011 with
Polisse
, by Maïwen.
This open letter, unveiled in the collection
Why cinemas are essential?
, posted on December 14, is added to those of 44 artists, journalists and film technicians.
Under the impetus of Sophie Dulac, at the head of Maison Dulac Cinéma, the artists launched a cry of alarm: “
On the pretext of saving us, we are being killed.
"In the first pages, the authors explain having
" taken advantage of this "
imposed freeze frame"
to take a step back from its activities, qualified as "non-essential"
by the authorities, by interviewing professionals in the film industry who surround it.
"
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Sophie Dulac, according to
Le Film Français
, is among those mobilized against the government's decision not to reopen cultural establishments on December 15.
She also lent herself to the game of correspondence.
“
People in the halls, nobody in the rooms, nobody in the corridors, nobody in the street.
No one at the cash desk, no one in the cabin, no one to untap the tickets.
A closed cinema is a place that is dying.
The smiles,
"
Hello, what movie is this for?"
This is the room down the stairs, do you want a big pot of popcorn or a medium?
"And to add:"
An open cinema educates us, makes us think.
It makes us laugh, get us out, but most of all keeps us alive.
See you soon
”
Ana Girardot, Camille Chamoux, Sophie Rosemont
Throughout the pages, we discover the memories of these professionals deprived of their art.
Actress Camille Chamoux remembers "
the little room near my grandmother's, where I was going to discover
Snow White
or
The
Neverending
Story
with a cotton candy
".
Ditto for Ana Girardot whose cinema also evokes childhood: “
I remember those Sundays with my mother, when we decided which film we were going to see.
I remember the choice.
Often mine, sometimes his.
(…) I remember the way to the cinema, the discussions, the laughter.
With his soft hand and his warm coats.
(…) I remember looking with anguish at the number of seats left.
And the satisfaction of having my ticket.
"
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To these statements are added the words of Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Edgar Wright, Diane Kurys, Bertrand Mandico, Marie Losier, Danielle Arbid, Serge Bozon, Stéphane Brizé, Hubert Charuel, Danièle Thompson, Ana Girardot, Lola Créton, Isild Le Besco, Roxane Mesquida and many others ... And everyone can continue to enrich it by sending their own letter and their own memories to the address pevasseur@maisondulaccinema.com.
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