Megacities is an incredible collage of people from cities like Bombay, New York City, Moscow and Mexico City. And in these huge sprawling cities is where we get to meet: Shankar, the bioscope man; Modesto, the chicken feet vendor; Baba Kahn, the paint recycler; Nestar, the trash scavenger; Oleg, Borah, Culleya and Micha, the street kids; Cassandra, the performer; Larisa, the crane driver; Tony, the hustler; all living on the fringes of society trying to survive with only their wits.
This film powerfully explores the lives of people and places that seem very removed from most people's everyday experiences, people who seem to fall through the cracks, out of sight. Literally, they are at the bottom of the social food chain, in a world of suffering, crime, prostitutes and drug addicts.
This film scratches through life's dirty window to offer us views of those hidden people in our society and shows us through the richly textured cinematography of Wolfgang Saylor that they too have dreams of making a better life for themselves and their families, no matter how it looks!

Reviewed by Eric Michel, FilmCities

Country: Austria Year: 1998 Running Time: 90 Min. Producer: Erich Lackner Editor: Andrea Wagner Cinematographer: Wolfgang Thaler Screenwriter: Michael Glawogger