ATHENS, Greece — There are posters of Brad Pitt and Clint Eastwood in the lobby. The walls of the stairwell are lined with stills of Claude Rains and Bogey in the fade-out from Casablanca and Clark Gable with Vivien Leigh wrapped in his arms in Gone With the Wind.

This a summer night at the movies, Greek style. It is charming, civilized, so very relaxing, so different.

It is outdoors.

Just one flight up from the T-shirt stands and souvenir shops, the hustlers trying to pull you into their overpriced tavernas and creperies in the heart of the Plaka, is a slice of evening paradise in the middle of Athens.

It is like a drive-in theater without the cars.

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