Open-air cinema at La Villette

This is one of the essential summer meeting places in north east Paris. As the good weather arrives and the sun is setting later, the grass of the Parc de La Villette turns into a huge open-air cinema screening. With the blanket you may have wisely brought and some cushions (deckchairs are also available to rent on site for even more comfort), enjoy a full evening starting, why not, with a little picnic/aperitif before the films which follow a set theme.

In 2023, it's all about team spirit

As La Villette becomes fully involved in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the new edition of the Cinéma en plein air proposes to focus on team spirit and the sense of community.
Friends or enemies, families and clans, tribes or theatre groups… the cinema is full of films in which team spirit is very present. Tim Burton leads the way with his film Miss Peregrine and the Peculiar Children, followed by the two friends, Cookie and King-Lu, in Kelly Reichardt's First Cow, who dream of a better life, Elise, a dancer who has been wounded, who rediscovers her love of dance with a new company in Cédric Klapisch's En corps, or the somewhat crazy family in Bong Joon Ho's Parasite before Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, which closes the festival on Sunday, August 20. All in all, 25 exceptional evenings are on offer to you and … your team! So don't hesitate and come along!

The films are shown in VO with subtitles. Programme subject to change.

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