Le Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Movie theater in Saint-Germain-des-Pres district, Paris, France.
Le Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a single-screen art-house cinema at 22 rue Guillaume-Apollinaire in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, with 208 seats. It occupies the restructured premises of the former cabaret Le Bilboquet, whose name it kept when it opened on 26 March 1969. The hall is also known as the Salle Georges de Beauregard, after the French producer.
The cinema opened on 26 March 1969 in the restructured premises of the cabaret Le Bilboquet, whose name it kept, with a screening of Costa-Gavras's Z. Bought in 1979 by Frédéric Mitterrand's Olympic group, it became Olympic Saint-Germain, then Le Saint-Germain-des-Prés; in 1988 the name Salle Georges de Beauregard was added in tribute to the New Wave producer. Renamed Le Beau Regard in February 2019, it became Silencio des Prés in October 2021, and in December 2024 Les Films du Losange bought it and reopened it on 15 January 2025 as Le Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
The cinema programs French and international films in a way that reflects the artistic tastes of its neighborhood. Visitors encounter both current releases and lesser-known works that fit with the area's history as a hub for writers and artists.
The theater is within walking distance of subway stops in the area and easy to reach on foot. Since this is a traditional single-screen cinema, it helps to check the program in advance rather than expecting multiple options.
The cinema has kept its original single-screen design while other theaters in the area switched to multiplexes. This choice makes it an unusual example of a traditional film space in a changing neighborhood.
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