Rating: PG13
Genre:
Historical Film
Theatrical Release: 10/20/2006(USA)
Release Date: 02/13/2007
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 123 Minutes
Flags: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
Writer and director
Sofia Coppola puts a new spin on the life and times of one of Europe's most infamous monarchs in this lavish
historical drama which fuses a contemporary sensibility with painstaking recreations of the look of the 18th century. Born to Austrian nobility,
Marie Antoinette (
Kirsten Dunst) is only 14 years old when she's pledged to marry
Louis XVI (
Jason Schwartzman), the 15-year-old king of France, in an alliance that has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with love. Sent to France and literally stripped of her former life,
Marie weds
Louis, but to the consternation of the royal court, he seems either unwilling or unable to consummate the marriage while their advisors clamor for an heir to the throne. Young and more than a bit out of step with the new life that's been thrust upon her,
Marie gives herself over to the pleasures of life in Versailles, knowing and caring little of the political intrigue that surrounds her. In time,
Marie's trusted older brother,
Joseph (
Danny Huston), is brought in to coach
Louis on the finer points of marital relations, and before long the couple is finally blessed with a child. However, as
Marie tends to her children in the gilded cage of her palace and enjoys an affair with a Swedish nobleman, political power plays are throwing France into chaos, and the growing ranks of the poor rebel against the royals and their life of privilege. Also starring
Rip Torn,
Judy Davis,
Steve Coogan, and
Asia Argento,
Marie Antoinette was given a controversial reception when it premiered at the
2006 Cannes Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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A reviewer
from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Destiny of a Princess.
Oscar winning writer/director, Sofia Coppola brings a historical drama surrounding the life of Marie Antoinette. Kirsten Dunst portrays the beautiful Austrian princess, whose marriage to France's King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) is only a stepping stone towards an ugly fate at the outbreak of the French Revolution. Also starring Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan, Molly Shannon, Danny Huston, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Shirley Henderson, Marianne Faithfull, Mary Nighy, and Sarah Adler. The film won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
A reviewer
from GA
Wanted to hate it, BUT......
I wanted to hate this movie. I thought that it would be a vapid, hollow, waste of time, but it was really visually stunning, the music was a character in and of itself. The acting ,while subdued, was powerful in its simplicity. All in all a great way to spend an afternoon. The more you watch it the better it gets.
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