Thermae Romae Sunday, July 14, 5:15 PM (108 min.) Meet Lucius Modestus, a bathhouse architect i
Thermae Romae Sunday, July 14, 5:15 PM (108 min.) Meet Lucius Modestus, a bathhouse architect in Rome, 128 A.D., who’s run out of steam. Low on ideas and inspiration, Lucius stumbles upon both when he slips into an underground portal that transports him to modern-day Japan, where he discovers endless innovations of bath and hygiene through the nation’s cultural fixation with cleanliness. If this premise sounds absurd, it is only because it is very much intentionally so. Between Lucius’s fish out of water narration and his reconfiguring of Japan’s ultra-modern sanitary gadgets into ancient Roman technology, director Hideki Takeuchi manages to find endless humor in this simple conceit. If a light-hearted farce is what you’re in the mood for, take a dip in the Thermae Romae. You’ll leave charmed, cheery, and squeaky clean! For more information, or to get tickets, head to our website at: http://www.japansociety.org/event/thermae-romae-1 Co-presented with the New York Asian Film Festival -- source link