“Megalopolis” by Francis Ford Coppola in Cannes

Megalopolis Of Francis Ford Coppola will enter the competition Cannes. Despite what was announced, the new, much talked about film by the director of Dracula by Bram Stoker will be on the Croisette even without distribution.

I am looking for a distributor

Many people reported the news several times, and now it was some truth: Francis Ford Coppola He did not want to present his new one Megalopolis in any festival but the first had signed a special distribution agreement for the film which promises to be already much talked about. Breaking news is Differente okay Coppola confirms via Instagram: Megalopolis will be presented in the competition at Cannes Film Festival 2024which will be held from May 14 to 25.
It is unclear what is behind the sudden change of plans. It is said that the American director finally gave in to the flattering words of Thierry Fremaux, the director of the festival. But there is a second possibility: that is, since Coppola he still doesn’t have distribution for his film, he finally decided to ‘give up’ and appear at the big Cannes screening looking for a distributor, as it is known that the most important sales market takes place at the same time as the festival.

‘big’ job

Megalopolis it cost 120 million dollars and is produced by the same Francis Ford Coppola, who to finance his ‘great job’ sold a good part of his wine empire in California. The film tells the story of the decline and destruction of an ideal city that struggles to adapt to the changing times, and focuses on the conflict between the ideal architect (Driver Adam) and the stupid and corrupt mayor of the city that gives the film its name Frank Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) Among them, the mayor’s daughter, Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel) They are also in the cast Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Chloe Fineman, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, DB Sweeney, Jason Schwartzman e Bailey Ives.