Before the Coffee Gets Cold
コーヒーが冷めないうちに
Café Funiculi Funicula
Saturday, September 28, 3:00PM (ET)
Doors open 2:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave.) | Free Admission
Directed by TSUKAHARA Ayuko • 2018 • Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi • 116 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer
Urban legend has it that you can return to your chosen point in the past at Café Funiculi Funicula, the coffee shop where TOKITA Kazu works. But, several rules must be obeyed in order to travel back to the past. One’s time travelling is limited to the period by which the coffee gets cold.
Adapted from the global book sensation of the same name by author KAWAGUCHI Toshikazu, who is a featured guest at the 2024 Toronto International Festival of Authors.