Huge backlog of films waits for French cinemas
Entertainment
Thu, May 13, 2021
PARIS: France´s love affair with cinema threatens to be an overwhelming experience next week when theatres finally reopen the scheduling nightmare of a massive backlog of 400 films.
On the outskirts of Paris, cinema owner Stephane Goudet is poring over the long list of options, trying to figure out how to give as many films as possible their shot at success. It´s like a giant Tetris! he told AFP.
Some had just been released and were scoring well when the second lockdown in October stopped them in their tracks.