

French cinema continues to win festival attention and awards recognition, yet distributors face mounting difficulty persuading American moviegoers to buy tickets in a shrinking theatrical market.

French cinema continues to win festival attention and awards recognition, yet distributors face mounting difficulty persuading American moviegoers to buy tickets in a shrinking theatrical market.
Festival prizes, a full rack of awards, and still nobody in Ohio buys a ticket. Shocking. Maybe the problem isn’t the audience.