Reflet Médicis, Independent movie theater in Latin Quarter, Paris, France
Reflet Médicis is a movie theater in the Latin Quarter with three screening rooms holding a total of 372 seats, where films are shown in their original language with subtitles. The rooms provide an intimate setting for watching films from around the world.
The Reflet Médicis brings together three former venues at 3, 5 and 7 rue Champollion. At no. 7 stood the théâtre des Noctambules, where Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès debuted in 1947 in Henri Pichette's Les Épiphanies and where Ionesco's La Cantatrice chauve was first staged in 1950; it became a 200-seat cinema in 1957. The cabaret Studio Logos at no. 5 became a cinema in February 1963, and the Studio Médicis opened in 1965 in a hotel basement at no. 3. In 1983 the no. 5 and no. 7 houses merged, and in 1984 the Studio Médicis took the name Reflet Médicis and joined them; since 1985 the cinema has occupied nos. 3 to 7.
The name Reflet Médicis dates from March 1984, when the former Studio Médicis at no. 3 was renamed; in November it joined the neighbouring Logos screens. In 1993 the room at no. 5 became the Salle Louis Jouvet, named after the actor and theatre director. The hall at no. 7 keeps a multicoloured stained-glass window from its time as the théâtre des Noctambules.
The cinema stands at 3, 5 and 7 Rue Champollion in the 5th arrondissement, but today the whole complex is entered only through No. 3. Cluny - La Sorbonne on metro line 10 and Odeon on line 4 are the nearest stations, and several RATP bus lines also serve the area.
The cinema partners with international film festivals and shows selections from the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes. This curated approach supports emerging filmmakers and alternative cinema that audiences might otherwise miss.
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