Francis Ford Coppola spent much of 2024, as well as a good deal of 2025, criss-crossing the globe in support of his ambitious film Megalopolis . It was an impressive mobilization for an 86-year-old man, who more recently took advantage of a stay in Italy to take care of his health. This summer, Coppola was hospitalized in Rome to have a heart implant replaced, under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Natale , a renowned cardiologist who has been treating the director for over 30 years.

On Instagram, the filmmaker reassured his fans: “Da Dada (what my kids call me) is fine, taking an opportunity while in Rome to do the update of my 30 year old afib procedure with its inventor, a great Italian doctor - Dr. Andrea Natale! I am well!”

Rest, it seems, is out of the question. Coppola is alread

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