Enquête / Mystère
80 minutes
2-6
There are places where time stands still. Don't believe it? How about the Dawn Cinema. According to the stories told by people who remember it, it was screened here in the late 1950s and has undergone some changes since then, but it has basically retained its retro character. Perhaps thanks to a local projectionist who took over the craft from his father. Gone are the days when audiences filled all fourteen seats, but it's still open all the same. Morning to night, Monday to Sunday. The projectionist and the box office in one person once had ambitions to be a director, he loved Méliès' Journey to the Moon, Murnau's Nosferatu, Gone with the Wind with Vivien Leigh and other old films, but that wasn't enough to make him an artist himself. He even created a small museum in a part of the cinema of old techniques used at the dawn of cinema. As the years went by, the man who was full of enthusiasm became an oddball who didn't talk much. Everyone wants to fulfil their dream, so the projectionist tells everyone that one day he will definitely make a film. It's called The Disappeared, and he says he'll make it famous. But he's been saying that for years, and everyone makes fun of him. That's why they were surprised to hear about the upcoming premiere...
