It took Gia Coppola a while to join the family business. The granddaughter of Apocalypse Now director Francis Ford Coppola and niece ofMoonrise Kingdom screenwriter Roman Coppola and Lost in Translation helmer Sofia Coppola, first studied photography before turning to movies with her 2013 directorial debut Palo Alto.
The adaptation of a James Franco short story, which starred Franco, Emma Roberts, Nat Wolff and Jack Kilmer, premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 70th Venice International Film Festival and was praised by critics for its subtle and sensitive look at aimless teenagers in the notoriously wealthy town in northern California.
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