Sunday 11 June 2023 21:00
The future and the unknown will never cease to amaze us. They have inspired the most vibrant minds of science fiction like never before. Cinema constantly dreams of what is out there and shows us the road that leads to the wildest adventures, the most unpredictable stories. It unlocks the magic, soothes our fears and takes us to unlikely destinations in time and space.
This summer, Park your Cinema is showing films selected by the Thessaloniki Film Festival that see the future as an exciting ride into the unknown: iconic films of the 80s and 90s (Back to the Future, War Games, The Men with the Blacks, Day of the Groundhog, The Martians Attack, Big, Jurassic Park, The Iron Giant), but also more recent ones (After the Next Day, Wall-E, Interstellar, Microcosm, Ready Player One).
As, after all, we know, the most beautiful adventures are not always the safest - this is what give them their special charm. In the end, however, they assure us that everything will be fine.
This is how we want to look at tomorrow and this is how we will meet it cinematically at the Great Lawn of the Stavros Niarchos Park: with the impatience of a child thirsty for future adventures.
Groundhog Day USA, 1993
Director: Harold Ramis
Scriptwriters: Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie McDowell.
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting groundhog, in a small town. This is his fourth year attending the local tradition, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. Upon waking up, he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First, he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realization that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing every day. Until he finds salvation in the reconciliation with the passing of time. A landmark and unforgettable comedy on the notion and the dimensions of time, on the singularity of each given moment, on the adventure of love.
Sunday 11/06 | 21.00 Great Lawn
Free entrance
* It is recommended that guests be equipped with insect repellant, as well as a mat or a blanket to lay on the lawn.
Park your cinema and Park your cinema Kids series are free and open to all, thanks to an exclusive grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
