BELLEVILLE, BEAUTIFUL AND REBELLIOUS

Paris, Belleville : a neighbourhood that epitomises migration, music and struggle. The Paris Commune of 1871 resonates, as neighbours and strangers alike sing old French popular songs together at le Vieux Belleville, one of the city’s last remaining café musettes. An ensemble of truly emblematic characters pays tribute to the French revolutionary spirit – echoes of a bygone era perhaps, yet radically fresh.