"You can take off your mask to eat your popcorn" at the cinema

The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot.

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Since the end of August, wearing the mask in the cinema, even during the film, has become mandatory.

An instruction that can cool some spectators, who are also still too rare in French cinemas since the deconfinement.

But in an interview with

, Roselyne Bachelot tried to reassure moviegoers by giving them details (or a little tip?).

“Wearing a mask is getting used to and I would remind you that it is authorized to consume sweets in cinemas, which is an element of profitability.

You can take off your mask to eat your popcorn!

», Explained the Minister of Culture.

A treat not to be worked on throughout the film, if only out of respect for the neighbors ...

"An element of safety for seniors"

In the interview, Roselyne Bachelot also wished to recall the need for all the rules imposed in theaters, as well as their merits.

“It is not enough to help the show, it is also necessary to encourage the spectators to return there.

All safety standards are developed with professionals, who know the field.

We are not going to ask the Théâtre de Poche-Montparnasse to apply the same rules as the Philharmonie.

Special situations are taken into account.

The public understands that we take care of his safety, "she assures us, adding that wearing a mask during the film in the cinema is in particular a" safety element for seniors ".

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