Trianon, Art house cinema in Romainville, France

Le Trianon is a cinema on place Carnot in Romainville, built in reinforced concrete by architect Charles Genêtre and finished in January 1953 in the paquebot style, a late branch of Art Deco with curved forms, long horizontal lines and porthole-shaped openings. Its white curved facade carries large red capital letters spelling "LE TRIANON" above a deep red overhang held by two thick pinkish cylindrical columns; a rectangular sign reading "CHATS par-çi" and "CHATS par-là" hangs between them.

The building opened in 1908 as a cafe with film screenings and was completely rebuilt in 1953 following World War II damage. This reconstruction transformed it into a functioning cinema that continues to operate.

The name Trianon comes from a café whose position, overlooking fields and woods, recalled a hunting pavilion at Versailles. Since 1997 the cinema has hosted "Les enfants font leur cinéma", a festival organised by children with local schools and leisure centres. Since 2011 it has also held the Festival du film franco-arabe, run with Noisy-le-Sec.

The cinema stands on place Carnot in Romainville, at the boundary with Noisy-le-Sec, and is served by the T1 tramway and several bus lines nearby. The entrance sits under the curved white facade with the red "LE TRIANON" letters, between the two pinkish columns. The 2011-2012 renovation enlarged the stage and added digital projection alongside the kept 35 mm projector.

The building received monument status in 1997 after thousands of local residents signed a petition to preserve it. This community effort demonstrated how much the neighborhood valued this space.