Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
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00:03 When does an empire die?
00:10 Does it collapse in one terrible moment?
00:15 No, no.
00:18 But there comes a time when its people no longer believe in it.
00:23 Don't let the now destroy the forever.
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00:30 Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages, welcome.
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00:41 Is this society, is this way we're living,
00:47 the only one that's available to us?
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00:57 We are taking our city back.
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01:03 And when we ask these questions, when there's
01:06 a dialogue about them, that basically is a utopia.
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