MEGALOPOLIS

USA | 2024 | COLOR | DCP | 138’ | ENGLISH

The very existence of this film provokes elevated emotion. “Megalopolis” is a torrential sci-fi allegory, featuring an architect/scientist pioneer with the ability to regulate time and space, who bases his dream of a utopian metropolis of the future on a miraculous construction material. Coppola draws unexpected parallels between the sociopolitical conditions that led ancient Rome to destruction and the image of a contemporary America undermined by similar dangers and driven by similar passions. A baroque satire of human vanity and a kind of romantic legacy for future generations, this is a magnum opus of such audacity and daring directorial folly, the likes of which is rarely seen in cinema anymore.

DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola
SCREENWRITER: Francis Ford Coppola
DoP: Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
MUSIC: Osvaldo Golijov
EDITORS: Cam McLauchlin, Glen Scantlebury
PRINCIPAL CAST: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
American filmmaker, born in 1939. Central figure of the ‘70s American cinema. He studied Theatre at Hofstra and Film at the University of Los Angeles. Awarded five times with an Academy Award, two times with the Palme D’ Or at Cannes and numerous honors. His ‘70s film quartet is an insurmountable accomplishment.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2024 Megalopolis 
2007 Youth Without Youth 
1992 Dracula 
1990 The Godfather Part III 
1984 The Cotton Club 
1983 Rumble Fish 
1982 One from the Heart 
1979 Apocalypse Now 
1974 The Godfather Part II 
1974 The Conversation 
1972 The Godfather 
1969 The Rain People