Romain Bitot 4:12 p.m., December 31, 2022
French cinema has not been able to impose itself against American blockbusters this year.
In the top 10 films with the most admissions, no French production.
A real blow for the French industry, which is trying to impose itself in a world increasingly dominated by big budgets.
The public shuns French films, and this is a first for 33 years: no film made in France has managed to afford a place in the top ten of admissions in 2022. A real blow for the film industry. French cinema, while cinemas are already struggling to regain their pre-pandemic attendance.
Europe 1 held out the microphone to spectators at the entrance to a Parisian establishment to find out why French cinema is no longer desirable.
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Films that are too "realistic"?
In front of the terminal to choose their film, Angelina and Jonathan hesitate.
Only certainty: the final choice will not be French.
"There's
Megan
looking good," Angelina mused.
"Maybe I'll watch
Avatar
again ", even launches Jonathan, who values the action of the film and the fact that there is "no need to think too much".
"In French films, it's very realistic in general, and what I'm looking for in a film is rather to escape a little from realism", he explains.
Same motivation with Sabrina.
This film lover believes that coming to the cinema should be worth it, especially considering the prices.
"I think when you go to the cinema, you want to be amazed," she says.
"So paying 15 euros for a cinema ticket to see a French film that may not necessarily have special effects... I really have to be impatient and can't wait to see it at home. "
Unable to compete with the United States?
Pascal, he sometimes goes to see French films at the cinema, but according to him, they will never be able to compete with foreign films.
"When you see the budgets that the Americans use to make films and what the French have as a budget, we are a little limited to have results like big spectacle films of the
Avatar
type ."
James Cameron's film is still at the top of theatrical admissions.
On December 30, it totaled more than 6.87 million spectators and even became the most viewed film in France in 2022, overtaking
Top Gun: Maverick
, another American film.