The Cinémathèque suisse participated in the organisation of an exhibition dedicated to filmmaker Claude Autant-Lara in 1981 – the year that the director of La Traversée de Paris (The Crossing of Paris) and Le Diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh) gave his artwork to the Cinémathèque suisse on his visit to Lausanne for the inauguration of the new premises at the Casino à Montbenon. In 2000, the paintings were relocated to Penthaz.