Overview
- Audience complaints surfaced after a screening of Alien (1979), prompting the closure of the Cinémathèque française’s cinema halls.
- RTL reported that Sigourney Weaver attended the event where viewers later described bites and posted photos online.
- Several moviegoers shared images of suspected insects and reported bites, with one attendee telling Le Parisien that bugs were seen on seats and clothing.
- The Cinémathèque said every seat will be treated multiple times and carpets will undergo the same process before sniffer dogs verify the results.
- The incident echoes a 2023 surge of bedbug alerts in Paris, when French officials later accused Russian actors of amplifying panic on social media, as Germany also confronts renewed cases linked to travel.