Plot

2013. Athens is in the midst of a financial crisis. The camera documents mournful images of dereliction, desolation, and decay in the city center and the suburbs. The open air cinemas of Athens resist; they thrive as landmarks and touristic attractions; they recover their initial traveling form and activity by filling backyards, parks, central squares, and becoming the connecting tissue of a terrified society in crisis. Will the open air cinemas of Athens, a cherished form of communal entertainment, keep on creating an oasis and an escape amidst the bleakness of everyday life, or will they suffer heavy blows from the recession?

2013 Athens is undergoing the financial crisis. The camera documents morbid images of dereliction, desolation, and decay in the city center and the suburbs. The open air cinemas of Athens resist; they thrive as landmarks and touristic attractions; they recover their initial travel ling form and action by filling backyards, parks, central squares, and becoming the connecting tissue of a terrified society in crisis. Do the Open Air Cinemas of Athens , a cherished form of communal entertainment, keep on creating an oasis, an escape, amidst the bleak, inhuman everyday life or do they suffer heavy blows from the recession?