Legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's eagerly anticipated,
self-funded epic Megalopolis is about to be unleashed at the
Cannes Film Festival. Written and directed by Coppola, the film is set in a
fictional America modelled on Ancient Rome. Adam Driver plays Cesar,
an artist determined to usher in a new utopian society, and
Giancarlo Esposito as the regressive New York mayor standing in his
way.
The film also stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence
Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace
VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney
and Dustin Hoffman.
Megalopolis receives its world premiere at Cannes on May
17th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.