A TOUCH of Hollywood glamour was brought to a quiet Welsh street at the weekend when one of the smallest cinemas in the world closed its doors for the last time.
Hollywood actor and film director Kenneth Branagh walked up the red carpet for the final film at La Charrette, the cinema housed in an old railway wagon in Gorseinon, Swansea.
The tiny, 23-seat cinema hosted a world premiere to bow out with acclaimed director Danny Boyle’s highly rated Alien Love Triangle.
Branagh, who stars in the film with ex-Friends star Courteney Cox, said, “This is fantastic. It is a romantic idea and a symbol for why people go to the cinema.”
Walking into the atmospheric cinema, the Belfast-born star said, “This is like the street I grew up on, so I feel completely at home.”
Branagh, who wore a tuxedo for the event and was sporting a moustache, described Alien Love Triangle as a “lost film” by one of “our greatest directors”.
He added, “After 10 years and having seen an uncompleted version of it, I’m slightly nervous about it. I hope people like it. I hope the rest of the world gets to see it.”
Saturday night’s premiere and La Charrette’s finale, which was a black tie affair, was put together by BBC2 film critic Mark Kermode.
