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David Quiot, the president of Ciné Bor in Villefranche-de Lauragais, in the south of Haute-Garonne, mounted the Cannes red carpet for the 16th consecutive year. Accompanied by secretary Emilie Faure, he had a unique experience at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, discovering an eclectic program and meeting many stars.
The president of the Ciné Bor association, David Quiot, participated as a theater operator in the 2024 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Accompanied this year by Emilie Faure, the secretary of the Villefranche-de-Lauragais association, south of Toulouse, he was able to meet many stars of the big web on the steps of the Palais des Festivals but also discover a rich program and eclectic.
David says: “Seeing all the films allows us to establish a personal selection that we will offer in our theater when they are released. I saw 35 films in 10 days, an intensive screening cycle which began at 8:30 a.m. every day with the wearing of a tuxedo as a dress code obligatory in the evening.”
“Meryl Streep, what a memory!”
As an informed cinephile and lover of the 7th art to his core, President Quiot deciphers a little the quality of the Cannes 2024 edition and the cinematographic context of the moment: “My best memory this year despite a fairly weak selection was the discovery of new actors and actresses but also to have been able to attend the opening ceremony The moment was magical, unforgettable when an honorary Palme d’Or was presented to the immense Meryl Streep. Allow me a digression: after. the arrival of Netflix and the difficult Covid period, we see that, despite the high price of cinema tickets (except at Ciné Bor), the award-winning films at Cannes still attract as many spectators. This is encouraging and reassuring for us. , small rooms in Lauragais.”
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He concluded his passionate speech by quoting Jean-Luc Godard who recalled in his time that if “television is a piece of furniture, cinema is an art.”
