Astonishment in the cultural world after the refusal to relax the curfew

No derogation possible for culture, announced Jean Castex -

After the hope of a derogation, astonishment and disarray take over in the world of culture.

On Friday, Prime Minister Jean Castex dismissed the idea of ​​a relaxation of the curfew for this sector.

“The rules must be the same for everyone,” he argued.

"We are simply desperate, there is no other word," responded Richard Patry, president of the National Federation of French Cinemas (FNCF).

“We are not calling into question the curfew.

We are responsible people.

But why close the door on our face when we simply ask for adjustments for our survival?

".

Imbroglio around Roselyne Bachelot

A few hours earlier, however, the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, told the

that an easing would be possible: the plays and cinema sessions could end at 9:00 p.m. and the public then return home, with the ticket as proof in police control case.

“Health precautions prevailed.

One can understand it (...) I pass to another phase of the combat: it is to obtain the maximum of compensatory measures ", she affirmed Friday evening on France 5." I am not disavowed: there is a debate and I am fighting.

"

For all professionals in the sector, it's a cold shower.

"We have the feeling that the Prime Minister did not hear the question that was put to him," Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, director of the Théâtre de la ville in Paris and of the Festival d'Automne, told AFP. offers 28 more shows - or 120 performances, by December 1.

“We are trying to oppose health professionals, to whom we are 100% supportive.

But when will there be a social debate to say that culture is also part of the care to rebuild?

We will not get out of this crisis without culture, ”he insists,“ stunned ”by this announcement.

"Death warrant"

The Prime Minister assures the actors of the spectacle and the cinema that the State will be present by their side, but the concern is more acute than ever.

In a joint press release, the private show, including the National Private Theater Union (SNTP), asks the State to "strengthen support for the sector" by exemptions from employers' social contributions or by a guarantee of access to the fund. solidarity.

The only solution, according to them, to get out of the "dead end".

"I am thinking of all the theaters for which it is a death warrant, (whereas) we will all walk around, cross paths during the All Saints holidays", points out in the columns of

the actor Fabrice Luchini.

The resourcefulness is taking place

Despite the excitement, it is also time for reorganization.

The MK2 group, which has 200 screens including 68 in Paris, plans to open its theaters from 8:00 am to allow the public to come earlier.

In the theater, too, it's time to get by: shows advanced at 7:00 p.m., or even 6:30 p.m., addition of performances on weekends and perhaps in the morning ... Everything is done to ensure the sustainability of the live performance, which feels more threatened than ever.

For the cinema, the fear is that distributors massively deprogram films or worse, cede them to platforms, such as Netflix.

“We are appealing to distributors.

It is important not to deprogram the films.

Who will come to the cinema if there are no more films?

», Launches the boss of French operators.

Several foreign films including the latest James Bond,

, have once again delayed their release date, now scheduled for next spring.

But "out of solidarity," the South Korean horror film

, sequel to The

, has finally decided to keep its original date of October 21.

Will all big budget movies be able to do the same?

Expected in theaters on November 11,

, the fiction inspired by the life of Celine Dion, worn by Valérie Lemercier, Franco-Quebec blockbuster at $ 30 million, can she reduce the risk of a reduced ticket office?

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