Tramway Operation: The Seine-Saint-Denis of the 1980s Returns to the Big Screen

The return of the tram in Seine-Saint-Denis becomes a gateway into the department's memory with Operation Tramway. The documentary by Mehdi Benallal, distributed by Les Alchimistes, is released in cinemas on 2 December 2026.

The film is built from the raw footage of L’Antenne est à nous, a local program funded by the Department and aired from 1986 to 1994. Retrieved from the Departmental Archives, these images capture the residents, their voices, and the landscapes of a region in transformation.

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The preparation of a new line, fifty years after the disappearance of this transport in Île-de-France, provides the throughline of this archival montage. Running time: 1 hour 23 minutes, the documentary recontextualizes the mobility debate within the daily lives of those who are living through these changes.

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