A new page is turning at the arthouse cinema Les 400 Coups in Châtellerault. After the departure of Pascal Robin, director for 25 years, replaced by Marie Sébastia, it is the turn of Marie Priam, president for 41 years, to inform of her “Mise en retrait”. She announced it during the general meeting, Monday evening June 8, 2026, in front of a full room… To the point that the cinema had to refuse a good twenty members « pour des questions de sécurité ».
The board of directors will meet on June 17 to elect a successor. There would be “two candidates”. “I’m not leaving, I will support cinema until the end. I have confidence in the new board of directors and the new director, things are going to turn out great.”declared Marie Priam, member of 400 Coups since… 1975! The soon-to-be ex-president remains a member of the board of directors. Moved, she received loud applause from the audience.
The agglomeration “cannot commit”
The dark room on rue Rasseteau crossed a “tempest” last year, which led to three economic layoffs and forced a review of the model. From 4.5 salaried positions, the association increased to three. A team of volunteers was formed to support them….
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