Saint-André-des-Arts, Independent movie theater in 6th arrondissement, France
Saint-André-des-Arts is an independent cinema in an urban Paris neighborhood with three screens and roughly 500 seats. The art house programs international and contemporary films that are carefully selected.
Roger Diamantis, a former restaurateur, bought a hotel at 30 rue Saint-André-des-Arts and converted it into two screens; the cinema opened on 27 October 1971 with Alain Tanner's La Salamandre. In 1979 he took over the Studio Gît-le-Cœur at 12 rue Gît-le-Cœur, opened in February 1967 with Éric Rohmer's La Collectionneuse, making it the third and largest screen. Diamantis died on 15 June 2010; his wife Dobrila and son Éric kept the cinema, and in 2021 it was leased to the Marseille distributor Shellac.
The cinema screens works by international directors and focuses on documentaries and artistic productions. The programming choices reflect a taste for auteur cinema and experimental works that you would not find in larger multiplex theaters.
The cinema is located on Rue Saint-André des Arts in the Sixth Arrondissement and is easily accessible on foot. Visitors should check the website for current programming and opening hours before planning their visit.
The cinema's third and largest screen, at 12 rue Gît-le-Cœur, opened in February 1967 as Studio Gît-le-Cœur with a screening of Éric Rohmer's La Collectionneuse; Roger Diamantis took it over in 1979 and renamed it Saint-André-des-Arts 3.
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