From June 30 to July 4, the films are on display. The 5-euro screenings are offered during these four days of the Cinema Festival.
The cinema festival is an opportunity to see and re-see the successes of this first half of 2024. Jérôme Quaretti, programmer of the Clap Ciné theaters in Canet and Leucate, predicts that during this Cinema Festival “the duo of films that prance in the lead, Un P’tit truc en plus (8 million spectators in France) and Vice-Versa 2, an animated film continuing the story of the adventures of Riley and his band of emotions (nearly of 600,000 entries in one week at the national level), should continue their rise during these four days where sessions at 5 euros are offered. If we combine this with the expected success of The Count of Monte Cristo with Pierre Niney in the lead, a French film with a grand spectacle, both swashbuckling and romantic, which is released in theaters exceptionally on a Friday, this June 28, this 2024 edition bodes well for the best.” He also praises the film Horizon (released July 3), directed by the man who “danced with wolves”Kevin Costner, “all the breath of the American West concentrated in a western of excellent quality.”
A bet on the Hennedricks family
For her part, Nouredine Daouadji, director of the CGR in Rivesaltes, predicts the success of The Hennedricks Family (released June 26), first film directed by Laurence Arné, actress, screenwriter, and wife of Dany Boon. He recalls that during the 2023 edition, “spectators watched two films per day on average.
Antoine Font, who succeeded his father Jacques at the head of Castillet and Méga Castillet in Perpignan, delivers his own leading quartet for these 4 days dedicated to the 7e art. In order, “Inside Out 2, The Count of Monte Cristo, which I predict will have a very bright future, the surprise American horror film, A Quiet Place: Day 1, and for the moment the unbeatable A Little Something Extra.” He recalls “has the 2023 Film Festival, 13,000 people filled the theaters of the Mega, 1,700 those of the Castillet city center.
