Despite the absence of the majority of international tourists, the Canal de l’Ourcq, a navigable canal in the Parisian basin, will innovatively use the characteristic red and white boats of next month as seats for a floating cinema evening in the nearby basin of the Canal de la Villette.

On the occasion of the annual reopening of Paris Plages – a summer initiative of the Paris City Hall which has been hosting leisure and sporting activities on the banks of the Seine and Bassin de la Villette since 2002 – on 18 July the city will welcome 150 local residents on 38 small boats for its first edition of Cinéma sur l’Eau. As a first screening, the project’s curators, in partnership with the small MK2 cinema chain, have chosen Gilles Lellouche’s 2018 film Le Grand Bain, a story of seven adult men who meet together in a synchronised swimming team.

Opening image: photo Le Cinéma sur l'Eau