Cinema Le Trianon à Romainville en Seine-Saint-Denis

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Origin and history

The Cinéma Le Trianon found its origins in the late 19th century, when a café located at the corner of Carnot Square and Rue du Goulet in Romainville took the name Trianon with reference to the pavilions of Versailles. As early as 1908, cinematographic screenings were organized, and in 1929, a prefectural ordinance formalized the opening of a cinema, supplemented by dancing and billiards. In 1943, the Lord family became the owner, but the Allied bombings of 1944 completely destroyed the buildings, marking the end of this first cinema.

After the war, an agreement between the Lord family and the city of Romainville allowed the reconstruction of the cinema between 1948 and 1953. The architect Charles Genêtre designs a reinforced concrete building, inspired by the liner style, a late declination of Art Deco. Inaugurated in 1954, the Trianon became the first room in the Seine department equipped with cinemascope and stereo. Its basement, planned for a dance, will never be completed. Cinema is gaining in fame thanks to the show La Dernière Séance, shot on the spot between 1982 and 1998 with Eddy Mitchell.

In 1983, the municipalities of Romainville and Noisy-le-Sec purchased the Trianon to preserve its cultural activity. Ranked a historic monument in 1997, it underwent a major renovation between 2011 and 2012, modernizing its equipment while retaining its 35 mm projector. Since 2013, it has been managed by the public territorial establishment Est Ensemble. The Trianon now hosts unique festivals, such as Les enfants fait sont leur cinéma (created in 1997) and the Franco-Arab Film Festival (since 2011), as well as filming.

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