"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

Nathalie Emmanuel, who plays Julia, utters these lines quoting Marcus Aurelius in Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis."I've read the quote may be wrongly attributed and a comma may be missing after the word escape. Julia is in love with dreamer, architect and builder Cesar (Catalina) played by Adam Driver. Cesar is a nemesis to Julia's father, Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) of New Rome — a futuristic alternate New York City.

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