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Movie Megalopolis

Hosted by the Consul of the Antwerp Movie Nights Group
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Took place 3 days ago
Tue 31 Dec 20:15 - 22:45

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Join is to see Megalopolis, a Protected content epicscience fiction drama film written, directed, and produced by Francis Ford Coppola.

Francis Ford Coppola has been working on this project since the seventies and finally his project had been realized. The movie is quite controverial, you love it or hate. So come find out what side you are on after watching it!

The film stars Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D. B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.

Set in an alternate, 21st-century New York City (restyled "New Rome"), the film follows visionary architect Cesar Catilina (Driver) as he clashes with the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Esposito), who opposes Catilina's plans to revitalize New Rome by building the futuristic utopia "Megalopolis". The film heavily references Roman history, particularly the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BC and the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.