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Do you have a favourite film? Do you know every scene and every line? A cinema chain in the Netherlands has a strange idea. It wants to help film fans their favourite film. Then they can watch it again for the first time.

The cinema chain is called Pathé, and the event is called "Rewind". It is on 9 November 2026 at a cinema in The Hague. It is , but there are only 30 places. People had to on the Pathé website before 29 October.

How does it work? A hypnotist called Victor Kraemer helps the fans. He has worked with hypnosis for more than 30 years. First, each person has an online session with him. Then, just before the film starts, he hypnotises them again in the cinema. They feel very .

The fans can one of four films: The Matrix, Se7en, La La Land or Interstellar. Then Pathé picks one film for the whole group.

Will it work? Nobody knows. Pathé says it is an experiment. Hypnosis works better for some people than for others. Some people may still every scene. But the ones may get a big at the !

Pathé will share the results after the event. Would you like to it?