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Paris’ Pathé Palace, Designed by Renzo Piano, Lends Unifrance Rendez-Vous a Taste of French Luxury
At Pathé's landmark new film palace in Paris, which plays host to the Unifrance Rendez-Vous opening on Tuesday, the popcorn pairs with wine.
Once the City of Light’s newest and chicest movie palace plays host to this week’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris opening on Tuesday, one might hardly fault first-time attendees for the odd pangs of déjà vu. Indeed, as with Pathé’s recent homegrown blockbuster “The Count of Monte Cristo,” this jewelbox multiplex stems from a similar desire to meet market forces on more idiosyncratic terms – in this case to fill that need for premium theaters with an unquestionably Gallic expression of luxury. Alongside all the cutting-edge tech, the Pathé Palace also boasts 35 and 70mm projectors, putting both to good use with weekly retrospectives before giving titles like “The Brutalist” – which is slated for local release in February – the kind of the director-approved spotlight that can eventize each screening.
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