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Francis Ford Coppola’s controversial new movie ‘Megalopolis,’ starring Giancarlo Esposito and Adam Driver, premiered at Cannes on Thursday night.

Francis Ford Coppola ‘s divisive, epic movie “ Megalopolis ” received a 7-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night. “Megalopolis” marks the 85-year-old director’s first film in over a decade, since 2011’s “Twixt.” The sci-fi drama follows architect Cesar Catilina (Driver), who after an accident destroys a New York City-esque metropolis, works to rebuild it as a sustainable utopia. “Megalopolis” also stars Plaza, LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Jason Schwartzman, Shire, Grace VanderWaal, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter, Dustin Hoffman, Fineman, Madeleine Gardella, Balthazar Getty, Bailey Ives, Isabelle Kusman, James Remar and D. B. Sweeney.

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