While visiting Brazil to promote Megalópolis, his new film, Francis Ford Coppola recalled his friendship with the Brazilian filmmaker
Passing through Brazil to promote Megalopolishis new film, Francis Ford Coppolarecalled his friendship with the filmmaker Glauber Rocha. At an event held last Monday (28), Teatro B32, in São Paulo, the director spoke about the time the Brazilian took refuge in his home, in San Francisco, California (USA), during the military regime.
“Glauber He cried in my arms, anguished because he didn’t know if he would one day be able to return to his country. He came back and died here. How could a director who loved his country so much take that risk?”recalled Coppola [via Aventuras na História].
This Wednesday, October 30th, the filmmaker will participate in the closing ceremony of the 48th edition of the São Paulo International Film Festival, where he will be honored with the Leon Cakoff award and will also present a special session of Megalopolis. Check out the ad:
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What is the story of Megalopolis?
Written and directed by Coppola, Megalopolis It took forty years to finally reach cinemas. The idea for the film emerged in the 1980s, but the filmmaker was unable to find financing to make the film at the time and even sold some of his properties to get the film off the ground.
In history, the city of Nova Roma is the scene of an epic conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver, Star Wars), a genius artist in favor of a utopian and idealistic future, and his opponent, the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito, Kaleidoscope). Between the two is Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel, Fast & Furious 10), with loyalty divided between his father, Franklinand your beloved, Caesartrying to decide what future humanity deserves.
The film — which still has Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man), Shia Labeouf (The Peanut Butter Falcon), Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), Laurence Fishburne (John Wick 4: Baba Yaga) and Jon Voight (Ray Donovan) in the cast — premieres in October 31 in Brazilian cinemas. Watch the trailer:
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