{"id":45131,"date":"2026-10-06T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=45131"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:07:59","slug":"le-diagonal-devrait-rouvrir-le-21-octobre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/10\/06\/le-diagonal-devrait-rouvrir-le-21-octobre\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Diagonal devrait rouvrir le 21 octobre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>C\u2019est une date attendue avec impatience par tous les cin\u00e9philes montpelli\u00e9rains\u00a0: la r\u00e9ouverture du \u00ab\u00a0Diago\u00a0 \u00bb. Le 5\u00a0mai dernier, l\u2019embl\u00e9matique cin\u00e9ma ind\u00e9pendant du centre-ville a baiss\u00e9 le rideau le temps de gros travaux de r\u00e9novation et de modernisation qui avaient d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 report\u00e9s d\u2019un an en raison de leur co\u00fbt important\u00a0: pr\u00e8s de 3\u00a0millions d\u2019euros &#8211; dont environ 500 000 euros d\u2019aides allou\u00e9es par le CNC, la Ville de Montpellier et la R\u00e9gion-.<i> <br \/>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Comme dit l\u2019adage<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>: les travaux on sait quand \u00e7a commence, on ne sait pas quand \u00e7a finit&#8230;<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb, <\/i>plaisante<i> <\/i>Martin Bidou, dirigeant de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de production et distribution Haut et Court, qui g\u00e8re le Diagonal depuis 2023. \u00ab\u00a0<i>Mais je pense qu\u2019on rouvrira mercredi 21<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>octobre. On a vraiment besoin de reprendre notre activit\u00e9 pour les vacances de la Toussaint. <br \/>5 mois de fermeture pour un cin\u00e9ma ind\u00e9pendant, c\u2019est tr\u00e8s long. Sans compter qu\u2019il va falloir rembourser nos emprunts maintenant&#8230; <\/i>[de l\u2019ordre de 2,2\u00a0millions d\u2019euros, Ndlr]\u00a0<i>\u00bb.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est donc un Diago r\u00e9nov\u00e9 du sol au plafond &#8211; sauf la salle\u00a03\u00a0: <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>on n\u2019avait pas assez d\u2019argent<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb <\/i>&#8211; que vont retrouver les spectateurs. Toute l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, la plomberie et le lot CVC (chauffage, climatisation, ventilation) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 refaits, ainsi que la toiture, l\u2019isolation des salles, la d\u00e9co (fauteuils, tentures murales, moquettes, luminaires&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><b>Des projections qui vont gagner en qualit\u00e9<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 une surface contrainte &#8211;<i> \u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>on ne peut pas pousser les murs<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb &#8211;<\/i>, des espaces d\u2019attente avec des banquettes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9s devant les salles, o\u00f9 les spectateurs pourront d\u00e9sormais patienter, afin de d\u00e9sengorger le hall d\u2019entr\u00e9e. Enfin, les projections vont gagner en qualit\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce au passage \u00e0 la projection laser, \u00e0 l\u2019installation d\u2019\u00e9quipements pour un son haute fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 et au remplacement de certains \u00e9crans. La prochaine \u00e9tape sera le lancement d\u2019une campagne de crowdfunding aupr\u00e8s du public et d\u2019entreprises m\u00e9c\u00e8nes pour recr\u00e9er \u00e0 l\u2019identique l\u2019ancienne fa\u00e7ade style art d\u00e9co du b\u00e2timent.<\/p>\n<p>Mais pour l\u2019heure, l\u2019\u00e9quipe, inchang\u00e9e, se concentre sur la r\u00e9ouverture, qui devrait \u00eatre marqu\u00e9e par <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>10 jours festifs, du 21 au 31<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>octobre, avec un point d\u2019orgue le soir d\u2019Halloween o\u00f9 on imagine un \u00e9v\u00e9nement rigolo<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb<\/i>. C\u00f4t\u00e9 programmation, <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>on va rouvrir avec les films qui sortent \u00e0 cette date-l\u00e0 et rattraper les films importants qu\u2019on n\u2019a pas pu passer cet \u00e9t\u00e9, comme la Palme d\u2019or<\/i> [<i>Fjord<\/i>, de Cristian Mungiu, Ndlr]<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb. <\/i>Les tarifs des s\u00e9ances, quant \u00e0 eux, augmenteront tr\u00e8s raisonnablement\u00a0: de 9 \u00e0 9,50\u00a0euros. <i>\u00ab<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Dans les grandes villes, les cin\u00e9mas priv\u00e9s sont tous \u00e0 11,50 ou 12<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>euros. On a voulu rester accessible<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>\u00bb<\/i>, insiste Martin Bidou.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"mln_small-caps_mln\">A.G.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"C&rsquo;est une date attendue avec impatience par tous les cin&eacute;philes montpelli&eacute;rains&nbsp;: la r&eacute;ouverture du &laquo;&nbsp;Diago&nbsp; &raquo;. 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