A wrongly convicted inmate volunteers for a hibernation experiment in exchange for one day of parole every five years, which he uses to prove his innocence and search for his missing daughter across an increasingly futuristic landscape.

One more thought - to add to the action - someone would need to act as his opponent when he returns to the world each time. Maybe at some intervals he could return to the past, before he was arrested, with his opponent being the law, a man hunt running from what is his ultimate fate.

I take it on each day of parole he learns a new clue as to his daughters whereabouts.

I like this idea.

Hi,

Perhaps if you had him due to be executed in 12 months time and allowed 4 days of parole in total this could work - give him a deadline. Each time could result in a new variation on a familiar world - tension could evolve from his continued frustration in never being able to pick up where he left off.

It would need to be clear that the daughter is the key to his innocence.

Maybe instead of hibernation he could be the test subject in a time travel experiment - this way you could have an ever changing landscape without the need for such long stints between parole days.

Just a thought.

same ^ as the comment above, it might work for a TV series better, but plotwise, not compacted enough to work as a feature. However it does not diminish the possibility at all.

The possibility I see must revolve around the significance of the protagonist's relationship with the family position against the ever changing society. If it was to be a feature, it only works best with few grand themes, few eras, and longer parole period only.