Cinéma Opéra

Cinéma Opéra is an art-house movie theater located at 6, rue Joseph-Serlin in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France, on the Presqu'île near Place des Terreaux. It is a single-screen venue with roughly one hundred seats, and it is associated with a smaller 38-seat sister cinema called Le Cinéma, located at impasse Saint-Polycarpe at the foot of the Croix-Rousse slopes. Both venues belong to the French art-et-essai (art and experimental) cinema network. The cinema has existed since at least 1918, when it was known as l'Odéon. It was renamed Normandy in 1938 and specialized in erotic films during the 1960s. Renovated in 1970, it became the CNP Opéra and was classified art-et-essai in 1971. In 1975 it took its current name, Cinéma Opéra, and was classified X from 1976 to 1980. The experimental filmmaker Georges Rey, who had managed the small Le Cinéma venue since 1976, took over Cinéma Opéra in 1982 and ran it until 2000; the venue was again classified art-et-essai from 1983. After a recovery in 1999 followed by a bankruptcy filing, Guy Malugani took over the establishment, and Frédéric Lefort became manager of both venues in 2005. Programming at Cinéma Opéra focuses on recent exclusives that multiplexes declined because they did not expect a broad audience, recent films that have generally left other city screens, Turkish films, older films usually in restored versions, and tributes such as one to Claude Chabrol shortly after his death. From 2011 to 2019 it hosted the Enjeux sur image cine-club, created after the closure of the CNP Odéon. The venue also hosts festival screenings, including those of the Festival Lumière and a science-fiction festival. While Le Cinéma was originally specialized in experimental films and once hosted special screenings (in 1982, with the Cinémathèque, Zola, and ELAC, it hosted an international cinema-video festival), it now mainly re-screens films at the end of their run, usually after they have played at Cinéma Opéra. Le Cinéma operated in 16 mm until 1990.

Cinéma Opéra is an art-house cinema in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, France, located at 6, rue Joseph-Serlin on the Presqu'île near Place des Terreaux. It consists of a single screen with about one hundred seats, and a smaller 38-seat venue called Le Cinéma is attached to it, located at impasse Saint-Polycarpe at the bottom of the Croix-Rousse slopes. Both are part of the art-et-essai network. The cinema has existed since at least 1918, when it was first called l'Odéon. It became Normandy in 1938 and specialized in erotic films during the 1960s. It was renovated in 1970 and became the CNP Opéra, classified art-et-essai in 1971. In 1975 it took its current name, Cinéma Opéra, and was classified X from 1976 to 1980. The experimental filmmaker Georges Rey, who had already managed the small Le Cinéma venue since 1976, took over Cinéma Opéra in 1982 and ran it until 2000. The venue was again classified art-et-essai from 1983. After a recovery in 1999 followed by a bankruptcy filing, Guy Malugani took over the establishment, and Frédéric Lefort became manager of both venues in 2005. Programming at Cinéma Opéra mainly includes recent exclusives that multiplexes declined because they did not expect a broad audience; recent films that have generally left other screens in the city; Turkish films; older films, usually in restored versions; tributes, such as one to Claude Chabrol a few days after his death; and, from 2011 to 2019, the Enjeux sur image cine-club, created after the closure of the CNP Odéon. The venue also hosts festival screenings, such as those of the Festival Lumière and a science-fiction festival. While Le Cinéma was specialized in experimental films at its opening and offered special screenings in the past (in 1982, with the Cinémathèque, Zola, and ELAC, it hosted an international cinema-video festival), it now only re-screens films at the end of their run, which generally come from Cinéma Opéra. This venue operated in 16 mm until 1990.

• 2019

  Enjeux sur image cine-club ends.

• 2011

  Enjeux sur image cine-club begins (until 2019).

• 2005

  Frédéric Lefort becomes manager of both venues.

• 2000

  Georges Rey's management ends.

• 1999

  Recovery followed by a bankruptcy filing.

• 1990

  Le Cinéma stops operating in 16 mm.

• 1983

  Again classified art-et-essai.

• 1982

  Georges Rey takes over Cinéma Opéra; Le Cinéma hosts an international cinema-video festival with the Cinémathèque, Zola, and ELAC.

• 1980

  X classification ends.

• 1976

  Classified X; Georges Rey begins managing Le Cinéma.

• 1975

  Took its current name, Cinéma Opéra.

• 1971

  Classified art-et-essai.

• 1970

  Renovated and became CNP Opéra.

• 1960

  Specialized in erotic films during the 1960s.

• 1938

  Renamed Normandy.

• 1918

  Cinema exists under the name l'Odéon.

Art-et-essai (art and experimental) cinema offering alternative, exclusive, and repertory programming in central Lyon.

• Art-house film screenings

• Restored classic films

• Turkish films

• Film festival screenings

• Cine-club events

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