‘An intermission is a must’: why Greek cinemas are adding a loo break to The Odyssey

In Athens’ picturehouses, an interval is always a ‘non-negotiable’ – a chance to buy a beer, nip to the toilet – or pop the question • Release schedule: when to wee and when to wait during this summer’s biggest movies As the lights rose during a recent screening of The Odyssey at the Arian open-air cinema on the Athens riviera, nervous laughter floated into the breeze. Moments earlier, Odysseus’s men had morphed into pigs during a grotesque feeding frenzy fuelled by drugged cheese and wine. N...

By Daniel Maurer