Gia Coppola, granddaughter of the maestro Francis For Coppola, makes her directing debut with the film «Palo Alto«.
If at the time the irruption of Sofia Coppola in film direction, the third generation of the family in the world of cinema, was surprising, now it comes Gia coppola to surprise everyone and prolong the Coppola myth for another generation.
La Coppola family It is one of the few in which three generations of filmmakers have won the Oscar, Carmine Coppola, first generation, Francis Ford Coppola, second generation and Sofia Coppola and Nicolas Cage third generation. It remains to be seen if Gia Coppola will one day get the statuette and make the Coppolas the first family to win the Academy Award in four generations.
And it is that the young director points out ways or that is at least what the few who have been able to enjoy her debut that was released last May in the Directors Guild Theater of the Angels.
"Palo Alto" is based on a book of stories by James Franco who in turn plays the screenwriter and actor in the film with Emma Roberts another descendant of an Oscar winner who points to manners, in this case the niece of Julia Roberts.