Megalopolis gets 7-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival 2024
Cast of Megalopolis at Cannes
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis debuted at Cannes Film Festival on May 16. The much-awaited film featuring a handsome star cast including Adam Driver, Sydney Sweeney, Nathalie Emmanuel and Aubrey Plaza and others got a 7-minute standing ovation.
Megalopolis is iconic in many ways since the film has been in the making for decades now. The dystopian epic is directed by 85-year-old Francis Ford Coppola. The director bowed as the lights came up in the Grand Theatre Lumiere. He was congratulated by Richard Gere and got a hug from Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux as the ovation carried on.
Speaking to an excited audience, Francis Ford Coppola said, “Thank you all so much — it is impossible to find words how I feel.”
He called the cast of his film as “family” and emphasised on the movie’s end message: “We should pledge allegiance to our families…that children should inherit a beautiful world from us.”
Megalopolis has been in the making for 13 years. But people waited because everyone is familiar with Francis’ commitment to his art. He is the man behind Apocalypse Now and Godfather trilogy. Even before the screening of his film started, the director got a 3-minute-plus standing ovation.
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At Cannes with him, the entire star cast walked the red carpet including stars like Driver, Plaza, Emmanuel, Shia LaBeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Kathryn Hunter, Laurence Fishburne and Chloe Fineman among others flooding the Palais.
The movie also stars Jon Voight, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Grace VanderWaal, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney and Dustin Hoffman. Producers are Fred Roos, Barry Hirsch and Michael Bederman. Executive Producers of the film are Anahid Nazarian, Barrie Osborne and Darren Demetre.