Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" will be released in Dutch cinemas

Megalopolis, the new film by Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, will be released in Dutch cinemas. Distributor September Films purchased the distribution rights to the epic for the Benelux at the Cannes Festival. The company confirmed this on Thursday after reporting from Deadline.

The film is about a power struggle in "New Rome," a city very similar to New York. Adam Driver plays an ambitious architect who wants to build a utopian, sustainable city; Giancarlo Esposito is the corrupted mayor who opposes the plan. In the film, Coppola compares ancient Rome, which was completely destroyed by nepotism and hypocrisy, with the current situation in the US. Megalopolis received very mixed reviews after its premiere in Cannes.

The 85-year-old director worked on the project for more than 40 years. Coppola funded the film, which cost over $120 million, with his own money. Megalopolis has a chance to win the Palme d'Or, the most important prize of the Cannes Festival, this weekend.

In one remarkable scene at Cannes, an actor stepped on stage and had a dialogue with Adam Driver's character on screen. A spokesperson for September Films cannot yet say whether an actor will perform this dialogue live during a Dutch cinema release.

In addition, the film Armand won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, the prize for the best debut film in all festival programs. The film, directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, grandson of film legends Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann, was co-produced by the Dutch Keplerfilm.

Armand is about a single mother whose son is accused of abusing another boy at school. The leading role is played by the famous Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve.