Roger Corbeau, some of the essential French photographers for movie publicity, labored for 5 a long time (1930 – 1980) and lined movies by legendary administrators similar to Marcel Pagnol, Jean Renoir, Max Ophuls, Julien Duvivier, Robert Bresson, Jean Cocteau, Orson Welles and Claude Chabrol.
Now his work is the topic of a deliciously retro exhibition on the Pathé Basis not removed from our accommodations.
Up till the top of the twentieth century, stills from films had been massively essential for the promotion of a movie, giving them a sure aura and heightening expectations. A gorgeous or dramatic picture can have an enormous impact on a movie’s success in cinemas.
Throughout a interval with ‘actual’ cinema stars, it’s troublesome to overestimate the significance of Roger Corbeau’s pictures – his method of capturing the essence of a movie and the thriller of its stars was recognisable, and far wanted for nearly half a century.
Corbeau was the official photographer for greater than 150 movies through the years, and the exhibition options iconic photographs of many stars you’ll recognise, similar to Brigitte Bardot, Jodie Foster, Faye Dunaway and Sophia Loren, and actors that actual francophones will know, like Jean Marais, Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Fernandel, Arletty, Louis de Funès and Jean Gabin.
Linked with the exhibition, an attention-grabbing occasion is held each Thursday – a discovery afternoon lasting 2 hours (all in French although), beginning with a guided go to of the exhibition (approx. 40 minutes), adopted by a “Florilège Pathé” cine-concert (half-hour) and eventually a 20-minute presentation of the Basis’s constructing, together with its façade sculpted by Rodin and its new part designed by architect Renzo Piano.
There may be additionally a cycle of movie for which Corbeau created the promo pictures, notably Les Sorcières de Salem (1957) by Raymond Rouleau, starring Simone Signoret and Yves Montand. That is being proven on thirty first October at 7pm (e-book your seat right here).
A 150-page catalogue of the exhibition can also be obtainable from the store on-site.
The exhibition L’oeil de Corbeau : Roger Corbeau (The Eagle Eye of Roger Corbeau) is on the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Basis (right here) from twenty third October 2025 – thirty first January 2026
Open Tuesday-Friday from 2-8.30pm, Wednesday and Thursday from 2-7pm, and Saturday from 11.30am-7pm
Admission: 5€ / 3€ (simply the exhibition) or 7€ / 5.50€ (exhibition + a movie displaying)
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