It is in addition to two other fights which broke out the same day in Thionville (Moselle) and Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes) after which the police made one and two arrests, according to a police source.
A brawl broke out in a multiplex in the center of Saint-Étienne on Saturday afternoon during the screening of the film Creed IIIleading to the stoppage of the session and the evacuation of the room by the police, we learned on Sunday from the latter and the operator of the cinema.
In Saint-Étienne, Saturday afternoon, “among the more than 300 people present in the room, the police arrested about twenty, noting their identities before releasing them“Said a manager of the Megarama multiplex. “We were unable to restore calm. The intervention of the police was necessary to put an end to the fights with throwing bottles, one of which hit the head of one of our security guards“, he added.
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Since the Wednesday release of the American film Creed III which takes place in the boxing world, several media have reported the intervention of the police in cinemas in France to put an end to clashes between young people, a video of which has notably circulated on social networks.
Thursday, an altercation broke out in the Pathé Quai d’Ivry multiplex (94) in eastern Paris. The general delegate of the National Federation of Cinemas (FNCF) then explained to the Figaro what “this kind of incivility has always existed, fortunately very rarely. It is limited to one type of film, horror, action… We see the same excesses in countries other than France. We must be wary of social networks which amplify very very specific incidents. No increase in incivility is observed.
In July 2021, the Saint-Etienne room had known a similar precedent on the occasion of the release of the American film Fast & Furious 9 . A projectionist operator had beenseriouslyinjured in the head while trying to restore calm, according to the same source. Nowadays, “he still hasn’t returned to work», a-t-on conclu.
In Charleville-Mézières, on Saturday evening, another brawl broke out in the Métropolis cinema, leading to the intervention of the police, the evacuation of the room and the interruption of the projection – which had not started. The police dispersed people who had left the scene who had gathered in front of the cinema to fight it out. The two people suspected of being behind the brawl, “a 20-year-old man and a minor” were taken into custody for “violence in meetings”said Magali Josse, the prosecutor of Charleville-Mézières.