France, March 6 -- After months of enforced closures, France's cinemas, theatres and museums are at a standstillwith no news as to when they might reopen. This is despite petitions and street protests held bythousands of industry professionals, who say France's celebrated culture sector is at risk of collapsing altogether.

Actors, dancers, museum staff and other artists joined calls by the CGT Spectacle union Thursday afternoon to pressure the government into offering better guarantees for their futures -a year after the health crisis either partially or fully dismantled their careers.

An open letter by more than 800 film industry professionals, published in Le Monde this week, complained that unreleased feature films were piling up on ...