No snacking!

Last night we went to the cinema. That’s probably a little bit exaggerated, but it’s the closest we’ve come to a cinema in a few years.

There is an old disused train station, l’Aiguillage, in a small village near us called Polisot, and it has been recently converted into an events venue. They hold lots of different genres of music, dance and theatre, with something on most weekends. It’s all very relaxed, but nicely organised, with a home-made bar serving drinks and a small menu of food.

It was our first time there, and a film called ‘Champagne’ had enticed us to visit. During the summer they have been able to expand outside, but the cinema was in a smallish room out the back. We were a little early, so settled ourselves in with a couple of cold beers and a packet of rather tasty locally produced crisps.

It was always going to be difficult for us, as it was in French with no subtitles. Normally, at home, we would watch a French movie with french subtitles switched on, but we did not have that luxury here.

The room was soon quite packed, and as the film started, the door was closed and the blackout curtains pulled. It did not take long for the room to start warming up. Our beers were finished all too quickly, and we realised the crisps were just too noisy to eat. We were the only ones there with snacks!

I’m not saying I understood the film, as I didn’t, but we could follow the not very complicated story, and came away wondering how we’d survived in such a hot room, watching something we could not understand, but it was an interesting experience, and I’m sure we learnt something, even if it was just ‘don’t take snacks’.