There are bars you happen upon, and then there are the ones you discover by sheer chance and only tell your closest friends about. Le Bistrot des Cinéastes belongs to the latter category. Perched on the first floor of the Cinéma des Cinéastes, just steps from Place de Clichy, this speakeasy has become one of the most offbeat addresses in the 17th arrondissement, without ever needing to shout about it.