#1 THE CENSORSHIP VISA ON FRENCH MOVIE POSTERS This new series of articles aims to help the uninitiated or beginner collector identify a movie poster. Is it an original from the first theatrical release? A re-release? But from which year? Is it a reproduction? You may have already noticed, on certain vintage posters, a small mention printed discreetly on the edge, sometimes barely legible: "Visa de Contrôle n°...", "visa de censure..." or simply "visa..." followed by a number

April 9th, 2026 — Salle VV, 3 rue Rossini, 75009 PARIS I followed the sale live, from 11am to nearly 10pm… And I can tell you, it was quite a show. Yesterday at Millon, in Paris's Drouot district, the first part of the René Château collection sale — La Mémoire du Cinéma — took place, and to say that bidders spared no expense to own a piece of this extraordinary history would be an understatement. René Château (1939-2024), the "king of VHS", visionary distributor, obsessive c