Belmondo Cinema

Formerly Mercury, the oldest cinema in Nice, created in 1911, was renamed Jean-Paul Belmondo in 2023 in tribute to the actor who loved the city a lot, and who shot there in particular Cop or Thief by Georges Lautner, or Banana skin by Marcel Ophüls, with Jeanne Moreau. Inaugurated by his son Paul, the place, classified Art & Essai, is a real temple dedicated to the 7th art, which offers a program of great classics in original versions with subtitles and unreleased films in three digital theaters.

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• When it was created, the cinema had a single theater, then a 12-screen multiplex in 1978 at its golden age! It was bought by the General Council of the Alpes Maritimes in 2007.  

• Meetings and debates are organized every month, and the cinema hosts various events, such as “A Festival It's Too Short! ” of Heliotrope.

• At its creation, the cinema had only one theater, then twelve in 1978! In 2007, it was bought by the General Council of the Alpes Maritimes. Today, the cinema has 154 seats.

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• Room number 1 has retained a 35 mm projector, and in the hall, the original cast iron projector dating from 1948 is proudly displayed.