Since 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt cinema studios have welcomed the greatest actors, directors and technicians of French cinema and have given birth to many masterpieces.
Since 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt cinema studios have welcomed the greatest actors, directors and technicians of French cinema and have given birth to many masterpieces. Gabin, Belmondo, Delon, Signoret, De Funès directed by Marcel Carné, Jacques Becker or Gérard Oury but also Pierre Richard, Patrice Leconte or Danièle Thompson all shot in the two greats studios which were the emblems of French cinema. But from the 90s, television supplanted cinema and studios suffered a deep crisis.
From 1922 until the 1990s, when television supplanted cinema, the Boulogne-Billancourt studios hosted the greatest French actors, directors and technicians. Gabin, Belmondo, Delon, Signoret, De Funès, Carné, Becker, Oury... All of them filmed in these places, which have become emblematic of French cinema. This trip behind the scenes of the studios reveals a fascinating history.