Megalopolis (Megalopolis) is a 2024 American fantasy film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2024.
An incident destroys the declining metropolis called New Rome. Caesar Catiline (Adam Driver), an idealistic architect with the power to control time, aims to rebuild it as a sustainable utopia, while his opposition, the corrupt mayor Franklin Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), remains committed to a regressive status quo. Torn between them is Franklin's worldly daughter, Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel), who is tired of the influence she has inherited and is searching for the meaning of her life.
