 Mișu Văcărescu (descendant of the boyar Văcărescu family), a journalist for "L'Indépendance Roumanie", noted that "there took place a representation of 'the miracle of the century'".Initially an elite attraction, permanent screenings both in the building of "L'Indépendance Roumanie" and in other locations (such as the biggest room of the newspaper building on Eforiei Spitalelor Civile Boulevard, then the Hugues room across from the old National Theatre) helped bring the ticket price down and cinema became a popular spectacle in Bucharest.The next year, in 1897, the French cameraman Paul Menu (an employee of the Lumière brothers) shot the first film set in Romania, "The Royal parade on 10 May 1897", showing King Carol I mounted, taking his place on the boulevard to head the parade.