Grand Action, Movie theater in Latin Quarter, Paris, France

Grand Action is a movie theater in the Latin Quarter with two screening rooms that together accommodate around 346 viewers. The venue is equipped with modern projection technology and operates from a location on rue des Écoles in the 5th arrondissement.

The Grand Action opened in 1970 at 5 rue des Écoles, in a building that had been a jeu de paume court, then a 19th-century public ballroom, then a theatre. Converted into a single-screen cinema, it was first named Le Méliès, later Le Celtic, then Studio Jean Cocteau under Parafrance. The Action group bought it in 1980, renamed it Le Grand Action and made it a two-screen cinema in 1982.

The venue hosts multiple film clubs throughout the year that present independent and artistic films to audiences interested in cinema beyond mainstream releases. These regular programs create a community of film enthusiasts who gather to explore different styles and periods of filmmaking.

The cinema sits at 5, rue des Écoles in the 5th arrondissement, served by metro line 10 at Cardinal-Lemoine and line 7 at Jussieu, plus several RATP bus lines. The Henri Ginet room is on the ground floor; the Henri Langlois room is arranged in tiered seating facing a ten-metre screen.

The cinema's three projection booths each hold an AVID station for professional verification screenings of films. The upstairs Henri Langlois room, named for the founder of the Cinémathèque française, has 239 tiered seats and a ten-metre panoramic screen. The ground-floor room, now called Kelly Reichardt, was long known as Henri Ginet.