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Judi Lynn

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 03:40 AM Apr 2020

Quarantine-weary Bogota residents watch films from balconies

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Cine Colombia, the largest cinema company in the South American country, is offering daily al fresco movie showings at dusk on a giant screen that Bogota residents can watch from their balconies or windo



Quarantined people watch a film from their apartments projected on a giant screen at a park amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, in Bogota, on April 23, 2020. (AFP)

No tickets were needed, nor were there queues to enter the cinema or buy popcorn. Before the film started, attendees danced to zumba, merengue and popular Colombian music on their balconies as police served as de facto ushers for the evening.

The would-be cinema-goers said it was a night to remember.

Cine Colombia, the largest cinema company in the South American country, is offering daily al fresco movie showings at dusk on a giant screen that Bogota residents can watch from their balconies or windows.

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