The city of Rome has launched the ‘Big Chill’ initiative, offering free movies in air-conditioned cinemas during the heat of the day in an exceptionally hot summer. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced the initiative, designed to give people without air conditioning an opportunity to cool off and combat isolation through socializing, recreation, and cultural engagement.

Free Movies and Exhibitions

The films include ‘There’s Still a Tomorrow,’ ‘Flaminia,’ ‘Volare,’ ‘One Step at a Time: Fabi Silvestri Gazzé,’ ‘Hey Joe,’ ‘Ten Minutes,’ ‘Romeo is Juliet,’ ‘One Hundred Sundays,’ ‘That Summer with Irene,’ and ‘I Am Not What I Am.’ Movie goers will be able to sit through two films a day, with all participating cinemas running the same sequence of films for the whole period, which may be extended if the heat wave continues.

Massive venues like the city’s Auditorium and Palaexpo center will also be opened to the public, with free exhibitions set up for people to visit. Libraries, performance theaters, co-working spaces, and other air-conditioned venues will also be free to the public from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. through August 4.

Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.