The cultural world reacts to the announcement of the curfew and wants an exemption

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The announcement fell like a chopper for the cultural sector.

This Wednesday evening, during his television interview, Emmanuel Macron announced the closure of theaters, museums, cinemas and shows from 9 p.m. on Saturday.

This measure, the aim of which is to slow the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic, sounds like an injustice to the world of culture, already well experienced since the start of the health crisis.

"A huge and umpteenth blow of the club"

Benjamin Biolay grabbed his keyboard to react on his Instagram account, evoking “a huge and umpteenth blow that we have all just taken.

"Visibly angry, the singer rebelled:" Is it normal to learn that you lose your job and your function after ten minutes of intolerable suspense?

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"In a tweet (since deleted), Anne Roumanoff spoke directly to the President of the Republic, asking him to take" a less joyful air (...) by murdering an entire sector, please.

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Violinist Renaud Capuçon also spoke on Twitter, wondering “how to save cultural and musical life in France.

"Questioned, Roselyne Bachelot wanted to answer the musician, evoking" a terrible shock imposed on us by the pandemic.

The Minister of Culture explained that she was getting to work in consultation with the representative organizations.

“We will overcome this new ordeal together,” she concluded.

Dear @RCapucon, it is again a terrible shock that the pandemic imposes on us.

I am at work and starting tomorrow with the representative organizations I will put in place the essential support measures.

We will overcome this new ordeal together

- Roselyne Bachelot (@R_Bachelot) October 14, 2020

The derogation as breathing?

For its part, the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) "sounded the alarm" through a press release: "henceforth prohibiting performances for a live show (...) leads to a real social plan for culture. », Denounce the authors.

In addition to the establishment of exemptions for the public going to theaters, “the SACD asks the government to recognize a state of cultural emergency.

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The exemption, an option that attracts the favor of several personalities, like Eric Naulleau.

“Theaters and cinemas scrupulously respect the sanitary regulations, imposing a curfew on them would make a very difficult situation even worse.

A derogation must be granted to them, ”he proclaims on Twitter.

Already postponements on the side of cinemas

The programming of cinemas was not long in seeing itself turned upside down, starting with the postponement of

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Scheduled to land in theaters next Wednesday, Yeon Sang-ho's film, sequel to The 

, sees its release finally postponed to December 16.

With around twenty million people deprived of nightly screenings, it is easy to imagine that other feature films will also take this path.

According to figures from the National Cinema Center, 43.8% of cinema admissions are made from 7 p.m. since 2016.

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