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Le Grand Rex

2ND ARR · GRANDS BOULEVARDS · CINEMA / LANDMARK
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First Impressions

The Grand Rex is the most spectacular cinema in Paris — a 1932 Art Deco movie palace on the Grands Boulevards, a listed historic monument, with a vast auditorium under a star-studded ceiling and an interior styled like a fantastical Mediterranean courtyard. It's still a working cinema (and concert venue), and seeing a film in the main hall is an event in itself.

There's also a behind-the-scenes tour ('Les Étoiles du Rex'). For old-Hollywood-in-Paris glamour, nothing else compares — go see anything, just to sit in the room.

What We Loved
WHAT IT IS

A landmark 1932 Art Deco cinema and concert hall on the Grands Boulevards (2nd) — a listed monument with a famous star-ceilinged grand auditorium; still operating, with a behind-the-scenes tour.

THE EXPERIENCE

There's also a behind-the-scenes tour ('Les Étoiles du Rex'). For old-Hollywood-in-Paris glamour, nothing else compares — go see anything, just to sit in the room.

THE VIBE

See anything in the Grande Salle — the room is the event. A working 1932 monument.

Worth Knowing

See a film in the Grande Salle for the full effect — the room is the experience.

The 'Les Étoiles du Rex' tour goes behind the scenes.

Also hosts concerts. A working monument, not a museum.

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