Cinéma Au Clair De Lune

Each summer in the month of August, Cinéma au clair de lune (see nay mah oh kleer deh loon -Movies by the light of the moon)sets up its giant screen in famous parts of the capital… and invites the public to enjoy outdoor movies, moonlight cinema with great classic films of the past and present that have Paris either as their subject or setting.

This year, this itinerant and free cinema festival is participating in the European Cultural Season in France and is inviting the public for the first time to discover a dozen or so European capitals.

Famous film directors such as Luigi Comencini, Milos Forman, Pedro Almodovar, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, etc. will plunge spectators in to the heart of the cities of Rome, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna… Not to be missed!

Cinéma au Clair de Lune invites visitors to combine the discovery of Paris with the love of cinema and outdoor movies. For seven years, a venue has been chosen for spectators to come and see it through the eyes of a filmmaker. Free screenings of films are shown, both past and present masterpieces, most of them with Paris featured as the subject or background. And so, if Paris were Europe, each of its districts becomes a European country, like a piece in a puzzle, a mosaic of communities.

This is a great experince that should not be missed. When I lived in San Diego, every summer they would show films at night on the wall of the art museum. People would bring their blankets & wine & cheese, and watch great films under the stars. This is a trend that seems to be happening in more & more cities all over the world.