From whirlwind romances and wild nights out to sun-soaked desire, show-stopping sing-alongs and ABBA-fuelled joy, The Galileo Open Air Cinema is serving a week of feel-good escapism with a little something for every mood.
Expect charming chaos with The Hangover, a touch of Irish romance in Leap Year, dreamy summer nostalgia with Call Me By Your Name, all the razzle-dazzle of The Greatest Showman and a whole lot of dancing queen energy with Mamma Mia!
So book your spot here, swing by when the doors open, grab your snacks, and soak in golden-hour picnic vibes and lawn games before getting cosy with your fellow film fanatics for movie night, officially beginning after sunset (± 7:45pm).
Here is what’s on the silver screen this week:
17 March: Leap Year
Leap Year is a 2010 romantic comedy film directed by Anand Tucker, written by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, and starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode.
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna (Adams) decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on 29 February, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her.
Fate, however, had other plans and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan – an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
- Day: Wednesday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm
- Genre: Romance Comedy
- Age restriction: PG
- Tickets: Webtickets
18 March: The Hangover
The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film, the first instalment in The Hangover trilogy, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifanakis and Justin Bartha, among others.
Two days before his wedding, Doug and three friends drive to Las Vegas for a wild and memorable stag party. In fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can’t remember a thing, nor can they find Doug.
With little time to spare, the three hazy pals try to retrace their steps and find Doug so they can get him back to Los Angeles in time to walk down the aisle.
- Day: Wednesday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm
- Genre: Raunchy Comedy
- Age restriction: 16 L N S
- Tickets: Webtickets
19 March: Call Me By Your Name
Call Me By Your Name is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino, and starring Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg.
It’s the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Chalamet) is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver (Hammer), a handsome doctoral student who’s working as an intern for Elio’s father (Stuhlbarg).
Amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
- Day: Thursday
- Location: Battery Park, V&A Waterfront
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm
- Genre: Drama Romance
- Age restriction: 16 D L N S
- Tickets: Webtickets
20 March: The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman is a 2017 biographical musical directed by Michael Gracey, and starring Hugh Jackman alongside Zac Efron, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Fergususon.
Inspired by the life of young Phineas T. Barnum as a child, entrepreneur, museum owner, circus producer and entertainment producer, the film celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Growing up in the early 1800s, Barnum (Jackman) displays a natural talent for publicity and promotion, selling lottery tickets by age 12. After trying his hand at various jobs, he turns to show business to indulge his limitless imagination, rising from nothing to create the Barnum & Bailey circus.
- Day: Friday
- Location: Central Park, Century City
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm
- Genre: Drama Music Biographic
- Age restriction: 10-12 PG P V
- Tickets: Webtickets
21 March: Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is a 2008 American musical romantic comedy based on the songs of the pop icons ABBA, and stars an ensemble cast, including Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski and Julia Walters.
Set on a colourful Greek island, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan (Seyfried) discovers in her mother’s diary that one of her past lovers – Sam Carmichael (Brosnan), Harry Bright (Firth) or Bill Anderson (Skarsgård) – might be her father.
In an attempt to fulfil her dream of having her father walk her to the altar, Sophie secretly invites all three to the wedding, hoping she’ll recognise her father when she meets him.
- Day: Saturday
- Location: Leopard’s Leap Wine Estate
- Time: Gates open at 5pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm
- Genre: Musical Romance Comedy
- Age restriction: PG
- Tickets: Webtickets
Also read:
The ultimate guide to a Galileo Open Air Cinema screening in the Cape
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