How cinema lovers in France can make the most of the €5 springtime offer
After a year driven by homegrown hits such as
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
and
Un P'tit truc en plus
, movie theatres in France have high hopes for a blockbuster 2025, driven by the return of major American movies, more than a year after the end of the strike that paralysed Hollywood.
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Over the first two months of the year, French movie theatres had racked up 28.3 million admissions, in line with attendance figures from 2024.
How to take advantage of the deals
It's pretty simple, as most French cinemas are participating in Printemps du Cinéma, but you can double check by going to their
website
.
Once you've verified, simply go to your local movie theatre's website and select the film you would like to see. You ought to be able to reserve your ticket at the €5 price. Alternatively, go and buy a ticket in person. Whichever works best for you.
But what's on?
According to box office figures, Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi comedy
Mickey 17
was the most popular film in French cinemas on March 12, dethroning
God Save the Tuche
, which slipped down to third, with French adventure
Le Secret de Khéops
second on the podium.
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As well as the cinematic top three, you could try moving family drama
Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan
; Enya Baroux's debut feature, the tender and gentle right-to-die tale
On ira
; Adrien Brody's tour de force in
The Brutalist
– which is almost as long as his Oscar acceptance speech; Stephen Soderbergh's stylish (aren't they all?) thriller
The Insider.
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Or, there is Lionel Baier's intimate portrait of a family of Holocaust survivors living in 1968 Paris,
La Cache
; Robert De Niro playing not one but two Noo Yoik gangsters in
The Alto Knights
; Carine Tardieu's independent-woman-out-of-water tale
L'Attachement
; Oscar-winning road trip movie
A Real Pain
; volcano thriller
Magma
; Cannes' Caméra d'Or winner
La Convocation
; and the cinematic return of Pamela Anderson in
The Last Showgirl.
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