MK2 Odeon (Paris 6th) At its inception in May 1971, film, called "Paramount-Odeon" did not contain a single room with 300 seats. It was then
Built to the deceased "Drugstore Publicis-Odeon, which was part of a chain of shopping malls, so fashionable in the 60s and 70s.
A step occurs in 1980 when the firm buys ExpenseComp the mall and turn it into four cinemas (225, 114 and 100 and 80 seats) that come naturally be added to the existing hall, which retains its handsome volume.
Thus was born a new complex, covering a time the name "Paramount City-Odeon" (like the Paramount City Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees before returning ...), simply " Paramount-Odeon.
This complex struggling to find its audience because it offers mainstream movies and B movies in French, a heresy to the Latin Quarter!
In February 1986, thanks to the bankruptcy of ExpenseComp, the film switches into the lap of Marin Karmitz, who renamed it "July 14-Odeon," and returns the lineup, although still oriented public, but in hard original, which suits him better!
Front in 1994, at the time of July 14-Odeon ...
New facade, beginning 1998, shortly before the name change ...
April 29, 1998, like the other rooms of the circuit, Jul. 14, Odeon was renamed to the new identity "MK2 Odeon.
Ideally located on the Boulevard Saint-Germain, MK2 Odeon continues to attract a large audience: it is not unusual to see long queues on Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon!
Note that on the facade are the posters of films screened at the MK2 Hautefeuille neighbor, offering programming more "sharp" than the MK2 Odeon ...
(Photo © LPLT / Wikimedia Commons, August 2009 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0) Location: Paris 6th - 113, boulevard Saint-Germain
