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La Môme: film trails in Paris |
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Discover where the film was shot.
Follow the Paris Film Trails and explore famous or little-known parts of the city that have featured in classic and recent movies. Over 650 film shoots take place in Paris each year, and some 4,000 different outside locations have been used. The Film Trails are pocket guides for lovers of Paris and the cinema.
Report by Mission Cinéma - Mairie de Paris - www.cinema.paris.fr
Film photos: © Bruno Calvo
© 2007 LEGENDE – TF1 INTERNATIONAL – TF1 FILMS PRODUCTION – OKKO Production s.r.o - SONGBIRD Pictures Limited
Setting 2: Olympia Variety Theatre
1st January 1961. Everybody who is anybody has come for Piaf’s return to the Olympia stage. The house is full and the boxes are humming with expectation.
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Opened in
1893 by Joseph Oller, founder of the Moulin Rouge, the Olympia is the oldest and most famous music hall in Paris. Later turned into a cinema, it reopened as a music hall in 1954 and was revived by artistic
director Bruno Coquatrix. But in 1960 it was on the verge of bankruptcy. In desperation Coquatrix called Edith Piaf’s manager and the singer agreed to perform there for four months, thus saving the music hall from
closure. With its sumptuous interior and the huge red letters displayed on its façade, the Olympia is a Paris landmark. All of the greatest French and international singers have appeared on its stage.
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