Francis Ford Coppola receives lengthy standing ovation after Megalopolis debut

The film marks a decades-long passion project for The Godfather director, who is said to have had the idea for the story more than four decades ago

Francis Ford Coppola attends the Megalopolis premiere during the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes (Doug Peters/PA)

US film director Francis Ford Coppola received a lengthy standing ovation after the world premiere of his sci-fi epic Megalopolis.

Ford Coppola hugged the film’s leading stars, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza and Giancarlo Esposito, and threw his straw hat into the crowd after the first official screening at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.