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Directed by Mike Figgis • 2025 • United States
Starring Francis Ford Coppola, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver

A decades-in-the-making passion project financed by legendary director Francis Ford Coppola using $120 million of his own money, the audacious science-fiction epic MEGALOPOLIS stands as one of cinema history’s boldest auteur statements. Mike Figgis’ immersive documentary goes behind the scenes of the making of this singular spectacle, weaving together archival material; unfiltered interviews with stars Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, and others; and a close-up view of how Coppola drew from Roman history, political allegory, and his own uncompromising vision to shape the world of MEGALOPOLIS. This isn’t just a record of a production on the brink—it’s an unmissable portrait of an artist staking everything on his ambition.