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We've compiled the best of the best in Bastille, Bercy, Nation, and Around - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
This mecca for cinephiles brought up on Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, and Alain Resnais is known for its superb, and exhaustive, retrospectives of world cinema past and present. Its spectacular home—in the former American Center, designed by Frank Gehry—includes elaborate museum exhibitions plus three cinemas and a video library. British and American films are always screened in the original language with French subtitles.
An example of the innovative activity in the Bastille area, Théâtre de la Bastille has an enviable record as a launchpad for tomorrow's modern-dance stars.
This mammoth 18-screen complex is in the Bercy Village shopping area. For sound and seating, it's one of the best.
