The Parent Trap, directed by Nancy Meyers and released in 1998 will be screened today.
Doha: The Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced the drive-in cinema movie selections this weekend.
Themed Girl Power Series, three movies will be screening from today till Saturday at Lusail Marina. All will be screened at 7pm.
In a message, DFI disclosed: “This weekend at our drive-in cinema, we are celebrating all things Girl Power! So come join us for three heroine-packed films with everything from family-friendly favourites to devilish comedies!.”
The Parent Trap released in 1998 and directed by Nancy Meyers will be screened today.In this update of a 1961 classic, twins Annie and Hallie are strangers until happenstance unites them. The preteen girls’ divorced parents, Nick and Elizabeth, are living on opposite sides of the Atlantic, each with one child.
After meeting at camp, American Hallie and British-raised Annie engineer an identity swap, giving both the chance to spend time with the parent they’ve missed. If the scheme works, it might just make the family whole again.
On Friday, Cinderella released in 2015, will be showing directed by Kenneth Branagh. After her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, who reduce her to scullery maid.
Despite her circumstances, she refuses to despair. An invitation to a palace ball gives Ella hope that she might reunite with the dashing stranger she met in the woods, but her stepmother prevents her from going. Help arrives in the form of a kindly beggar woman who has a magic touch for ordinary things.
And on Saturday– 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada directed by David Frankel. The movie is a story of Andy who is a recent college graduate with big dreams. Upon landing a job at prestigious Runway magazine, she finds herself the assistant to diabolical editor Miranda Priestly. Andy questions her ability to survive her grim tour as Miranda’s whipping girl without getting scorched. But the worst jobs can offer the most rewarding surprises.
Fee for the movie is QR150 and can be purchased via DFI’s website.
