Francis Ford Coppola’s film, a deeply personal project that has taken him decades to make, plays out on a scale that one has come to expect from the director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now.
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.
It's the kind of film that needs to be experienced via the big screen.
This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.