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Director Francis Ford Coppola reported back in Italy after a medical incident. “I’m fine!” He wrote in a message. The award -winning filmmaker was admitted to a hospital in Calabria on Tuesday morning where he should undergo a long planned operation.
Coppola suffered atrial fibrillation before intervention
As the Italian news agency “Repubblica.it” reported, Coppola suffered at the time before the planned intervention. A form of cardiac arrhythmia. In his message, the 85-year-old said that he took the opportunity during his stay in Rome to update a procedure carried out 30 years ago. With the original developer of the method, Dr. Andrea Natale.
An insider confirmed to Rolling Stone that Coppola was on the way of improvement: “Mr. Coppola underwent a planned intervention with Dr. Andrea Natale, his treating doctor for over 30 years.
Stay in Italy for film project and “Megalopolis” premiere
Coppola was in Italy to present his new film “Megalopolis” and at the same time explore locations for his next project. The film “Megalopolis” was planned for decades and was only completed last year. Coppola already undertook the first attempts to realize the film in 1989 and 2001. Despite the high effort and the long period of origin, the film was commercially a failure and only played $ 14.3 million. A loss of over $ 75 million.
Oscar winner with cinematic family history
Coppola won five Oscars in the course of his career. Three of them alone for “the sponsor II”. He is the head of a well -known film family. His children Sofia and Roman Coppola are even directors. Sofia Coppola won an Oscar for the script for “Lost in Translation”. Their daughter Romy Mars is now a star on social media and in the music sector.
Coppola is also the uncle of actors Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman.
Mourning last year
Coppola’s wife Eleanor died last year at the age of 87. The couple had been married since 1963.