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Coppola’s Cannes comeback?

Updated on 15 May 2009

By Stephanie West

Francis Ford Coppola makes his first return to the Cannes Film Festival since 1979 to show his new picture ‘Tetro.’

Francis Ford Coppola sitting in his vineyard (credit: Reuters)

Since winning the Palme d'Or, the top prize at the festival for 'Apocalypse Now' 30 years ago, Coppola has received little attention from the judges - something he hopes this new movie will reverse.

Interview: The Godfather of film

Director of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, talks to Stephanie West, about returning to the Cannes Film Festival with his new film, Tetro; success; and the changes to the movie business.

Watch Stephanie West's full interview with Francis Ford Coppola about his new film.


 

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