Cinéma Beaubien, Art deco cinema in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, Montreal, Canada.
Cinéma Beaubien is an independent neighbourhood cinema on Rue Beaubien Est in Montreal's Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough, near Parc Molson. It screens Québécois and French films, auteur works and premieres. The current venue, reopened in 2001, has operated as a social-economy enterprise since then.
Inaugurated on 3 December 1937 under the name Beaubien with 400 seats, the cinema was administered by Joseph-Alexandre DeSève, owner of France Film. It opened to the public the next day with the French film Abus de confiance. Sold in 1941, it was run by Canadian Odeon Theatres as Le Dauphin, a name it kept from 1964 until 2001, when it regained its original name after citizens and the CDEC mobilised to save it from closure.
The cinema's programming focuses on Québécois and French films, along with auteur works and premieres. Its 2001 reopening was marked by the screening of Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, which stayed on screen for three months. Partnerships with events such as the Vues d'Afrique festival and the Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM) shape its cultural calendar.
The theater is accessible from Rue Beaubien Est, where you will find the ticket windows and entrance. You can check the current schedule online before your visit or call ahead to plan your trip.
The cinema's 2021 twentieth-anniversary poster read "Le fabuleux destin du cinéma Beaubien", echoing the title of Amélie, released in 2001, the year the venue reopened under its original name. That film, which came out after the September 11 attacks, was the first shown in the revived cinema and stayed on screen for three months.
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