Will cinemas be able to reopen in good conditions? While Edouard Philippe and his government must present Thursday the act II of the deconfinement, with softenings expected from June 2, will the dark rooms be able to welcome spectators again? Tuesday, the Minister of Culture Franck Riester said that theaters could "reopen gradually" in June, before cinemas in July. However, establishments will have to comply with a strict health protocol.
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"The mask must be able to be removed during the projection"
Impossible for the moment to imagine from July a full movie theater. The idea is rather to favor 50% of occupied seats, with one row out of two inaccessible, or an audience divided into stars, and one seat between each family, couple or single person. A configuration that it is possible to envisage, according to François Aymé, president of the Association of cinemas of art and test.
"If the tonnage is reduced to 50% during a period which could be summer, for example, I think it is sustainable and manageable," he explains to Europe 1. "What we hope for, c "is that the mask be asked when people come into the cinema, but during the projection, the mask must be able to be removed," he said.
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A priori, masks should not be mandatory in the room. However, you will need to be patient between two sessions. A longer cleaning is in fact provided between each of them to disinfect from top to bottom, which should space them out.