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'''''Marie Antoinette''''' is a 2006 [[historical drama]] film written and directed by [[Sofia Coppola]]. It is basedBased on the life2001 ofbiography ''[[Marie Antoinette: The Journey]],'' theby [[queenAntonia consortFraser]], the film covers the life of France[[Marie Antoinette]], played by [[Kirsten Dunst]], in the years leading to the [[French Revolution]].<ref Itname="msnbc">{{cite wonnews the|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15292100 [[Academy|title=Dunst Awardputs forfresh Bestface Costumeon Design'Marie Antoinette' |date=October 23, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=December 11, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916205912/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15292100/ It|archive-date=September was16, released2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite innews the|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208285,00.html United|title=Kirsten StatesDunst onPoses Octoberas Marie Antoinette in Vogue |date=August 2014, 2006, by|agency=Associated Press |publisher=[[SonyFox PicturesNews ReleasingChannel]] |access-date=December 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128001838/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C208285%2C00.html |archive-date=January 28, 2007}}</ref>
''Marie Antoinette'' premiered at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]], where it competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] and was theatrically released in North America on October 20, 2006, by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics although did moderately well at box office, grossing approximately $60 million against its $40 million budget. It won the [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] at the [[79th Academy Awards]].
==Plot==
Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette, the daughter and youngest child of Holy Roman Empress [[Maria Theresa]] of [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]], is a beautiful, charming and naïve [[archduchess]]. In 1770, she is sent away in order to marry [[Louis XVI]]], the [[Dauphin of France]], to seal an alliance between the two rival countries.
Marie Antoinette travels to [[Kingdom of France|France]], relinquishing all connections with her home country, and meets King [[Louis XV of France]] and her future husband, the Dauphin. The betrothed young couple arrive at the [[Palace of Versailles]] and are married at once. They are encouraged to produce an heir to the throne as soon as possible, but the next day it is reported to the king that "nothing happened" on the wedding night.
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After a masquerade ball, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI return to find the king dying of [[smallpox]]; he orders du Barry to leave Versailles. After the king's death, Marie Antoinette's husband succeeds him as Louis XVI at the age of 19, and Marie Antoinette becomes [[queen consort]] at age 18.
Marie Antoinette's brother, [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]], comes to visit, counseling her against her constant parties, advice that she finds easy to ignore. Joseph meets Louis XVI at the Royal Zoo and explains to him the "mechanics" of sexual intercourse in terms of "key-making", as one of the king's favorite hobbies is [[locksmithing]]. Thereafter, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette have sex for the first time, and in 1778, Marie Antoinette gives birth to a daughter, [[Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême|Marie Thérèse]].
As the child matures, Marie Antoinette spends much of her time at the [[Petit Trianon]], a small chateau in the park of Versailles. It is also at this time that she begins an affair with [[Axel Fersen the Younger|Axel Fersen]]. As France's financial crisis worsens, food shortages and riots increaseintensify, her public image deteriorates and her luxurious lifestyle and seeming indifference to the struggles of the French people earned her the name "Madame Deficit".
As the queen matures, Marie Antoinette focuses less on her social life and more on her family and makes what she considers to be significant financial adjustments. Her mother dies in 1780, and the following year she gives birth to a son, Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France. She gives birth to another son, [[Louis-Charles]], in 1785, and another daughter, [[Sophie of France (1786-1787)|Sophie]], in 1786, who dies a month before her first birthday.
As the French Revolution erupts with the [[storming of the Bastille]], the royal family resolves to stay in France, unlike most of the court. RiotingThe Parisiansangry people of France force them to leave Versailles for [[Paris]]. The film ends with the royal family's transfer to the [[Tuileries]]. The last image is Marie Antoinette's bedroom at Versailles, destroyed by angry rioters.
==Cast==
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==Production==
The film was planned to be an adaptation of [[Évelyne Lever]]'s ''Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France'', a biography she wrote for American readers in 2000. Sofia Coppola bought the rights twice, but in the end she chose [[Antonia Fraser]]'s biography ''[[Marie Antoinette: The Journey]]'' instead of Lever's book as the basis for her adaptation.<ref name="Internaute">{{cite web |url=http://www.linternaute.com/savoir/interview/evelyne-lever/chat-evelyne-lever.shtml |title=Spécialiste de Marie-Antoinette, Evelyne Lever a conseillé Sofia Coppola au début du tournage de son long métrage sur la reine. Avant la sortie du film sur les écrans, l'historienne a répondu à vos questions. |last=Pouyat |first=Alice |date=May 2006 |website=[[L'Internaute|linternaute.com]] |language=fr |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> The production was given unprecedented access to the [[Palace of Versailles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=3648|title=Marie Antoinette: About the Production (continued)|work=Cinema Review|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108174951/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=3648|archive-date=January 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film takes the same sympathetic view of Marie Antoinette's life as was presented in Antonia Fraser's biography. Coppola said the style for shooting was greatly influenced by the films of [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[Terrence Malick]], and [[Miloš Forman]] as well as by [[Ken Russell]]'s ''[[Lisztomania (film)|Lisztomania]]''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
While the action happens in Versailles (including the Queen's [[Petit Trianon]] and the ''[[Hameau de la Reine]]'') and the [[Paris Opera]] (which was built after the death of the real Marie Antoinette), some scenes were shot in [[Vaux-le-Vicomte]], [[Château de Chantilly]], [[Hôtel de Soubise]] and at the [[Belvedere, Vienna|Belvedere]] in Vienna.
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[[Roger Neill]] served as a historic music consultant on the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|date=May 19, 2020|title=Marie Antoinette (2006) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=May 19, 2020}}</ref>
{{Track listing | headline=Disc one| extra_column = Artist | title1 = [[Hong Kong Garden (song)|Hong Kong Garden]] | note1 = with strings intro | length1 = 3:10
| writer1 = Kenny Morris, John McKay, Steven Severin, Siouxsie Sioux | extra1 = [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] | title2 = Aphrodisiac |note2=| length2 = 2:57
| writer2 = Matthew Ashman, Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman, Annabella Lwin, Malcolm McLaren | extra2 = [[Bow Wow Wow]] | title3 = What Ever Happened? |note3=| length3 = 2:48
| writer3 = Julian Casablancas | extra3 = [[The Strokes]] | title4 = Pulling Our Weight |note4=| length4 = 3:21
| writer4 = Johan Duncanson, Martin Larsson | extra4 = [[The Radio Dept.]] | title5 = [[Ceremony (New Order song)|Ceremony]] | length5 = 4:22
| writer5 = Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner | extra5 = [[New Order (band)|New Order]] | title6 = Natural's Not in It | length6 = 3:06
| writer6 = Hugo Burnham, Andrew Gill, Jon King | extra6 = [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] | title7 = [[I Want Candy]] | note7 = [[Kevin Shields]] remix | length7 = 2:39
| writer7 = Bert Berns, Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein /Richard Gottehrer | extra7 = Bow Wow Wow | title8 = [[Kings of the Wild Frontier (Adam and the Ants song)|Kings of the Wild Frontier]] | length8 = 3:56
| writer8 = Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni | extra8 = [[Adam and the Ants]] | title9 = Concerto in G | note9 = from [[Concerto alla rustica|"Concerto for Strings and Continuo in G major" RV 151 ''Concerto alla rustica'']]: I presto | length9 = 2:31
| writer9 = [[Antonio Vivaldi]] | extra9 = [[Roger Neill]] | title10 = The Melody of a Fallen Tree | length10 = 8:16
| writer10 = Dan Matz, Jason McNeely | extra10 = [[Windsor for the Derby]] | title11 = I Don't Like It Like This | length11 = 4:08
| writer11 = Johan Duncanson | extra11 = The Radio Dept. | title12 = Plainsong | length12 = 5:08
| writer12 = Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams | extra12 = [[The Cure]] |total_length=}}
{{Track listing | headline=Disc two| extra_column = Artist | title1 = Intro Versailles | length1 = 0:37
| title2 = Jynweythek Ylow | writer2 = [[Aphex Twin]] | extra2 = [[Aphex Twin]] | length2 = 2:35
| title3 = Opus 17 | writer3 = [[Dustin O'Halloran]] | extra3 = Dustin O'Halloran | length3 = 2:03
| title4 = Il Secondo Giorno | note4 = instrumental | writer4 = Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Nicolas Godin | extra4 = [[Air (French band)|Air]] | length4 = 4:57
| title5 = Keen On Boys | writer5 = Johan Duncanson, Martin Larsson | extra5 = [[The Radio Dept.]] | length5 = 4:49
| title6 = Opus 23 | writer6 = Dustin O'Halloran | extra6 = Dustin O'Halloran | length6 = 3:08
| title7 = [[Les barricades mystérieuses]] | writer7 = [[François Couperin]] | extra7 = Patricia Mabee | length7 = 2:35
| title8 = [[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)|Fools Rush In]] | note8 = Kevin Shields remix | writer8 = Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer | extra8 = Bow Wow Wow | length8 = 2:19
| title9 = [[Avril 14th]] | writer9 = [[Aphex Twin]] | extra9 = [[Aphex Twin]] | length9 = 1:58
| title10 = K. 213 | writer10 = [[Domenico Scarlatti]] | extra10 = Patricia Mabee | length10 = 4:22
| title11 = Tommib Help Buss | writer11 = Tom Jenkinson | extra11 = [[Squarepusher]] | length11 = 2:10
| title12 = Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux | note12 = from ''[[Castor et Pollux]]'' RCT 32, Act I, Scene III: ''Air de Télaïre'' | writer12 = [[Jean Philippe Rameau]] | extra12 = [[Agnès Mellon]], [[William Christie (harpsichordist)|William Christie]] and [[Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)|Les Arts Florissants]] | length12 = 5:54
| title13 = Opus 36 | writer13 = Dustin O'Halloran | extra13 = Dustin O'Halloran | length13 = 1:45
| title14 = All Cats Are Grey | writer14 = Simon Gallup, Laurence Tolhurst | extra14 = The Cure | length14 = 5:23
}}
==Reception==
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! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! Ref.
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! scope="row"| [[79th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
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| [[Milena Canonero]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |date=February 26, 2007 |title=Scorsese cuffs Oscar; ‘Departed’ named best pic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/scorsese-cuffs-oscar-departed-named-130819/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| [[60th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
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| [[K. K. Barrett]] and Véronique Melery
| {{nominated}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2007 |title=The Queen reigns over BAFTA nominees |url=https://www.screendaily.com/the-queen-reigns-over-bafta-nominees/4030193.article |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=[[Screen International]] |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128073512/https://www.screendaily.com/the-queen-reigns-over-bafta-nominees/4030193.article |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2007/film/costume-design |title=Film Costume Design in 2007 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
| Milena Canonero
| {{nominated}}
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| rowspan="2"| [[Sofia Coppola]]
| {{nominated}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Alison |date=April 20, 2006 |title=Cannes picks eclectic mix |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/cannes-picks-eclectic-mix-1117941752/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020190630/https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/cannes-picks-eclectic-mix-1117941752/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| National Education Award
| Cinema Prize of the French National Education System<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/marie-antoinette |title=Marie Antoinette |access-date=December 13, 2009|publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BoxOffice – Week |work=SneakPoint |url=http://www.sneakpoint.nl/boxoffice.php |access-date=October 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626033620/http://www.sneakpoint.nl/boxoffice.php |archive-date=June 26, 2006}}</ref>
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2006 |title=Cannes 2006: Awards |url=https://en.unifrance.org/news/4198/cannes-2006-awards |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=[[Unifrance]] |archive-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217171838/https://en.unifrance.org/news/4198/cannes-2006-awards |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Palm Dog Award]]
| Mops
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2006 |title=Marie Antoinette's Mops is top dog in Cannes |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-05-27/marie-antoinettes-mops-is-top-dog-in-cannes/1763606 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |agency=[[Reuters]] }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2006|Gotham Independent Film Awards]]
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* {{AllMovie title|315883}}
* {{tcmdbTCMDb title|id=53021}}
* {{AFI film|63934}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|1158195-marie_antoinette}}
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[[Category:Cultural depictions of Charles X of France]]
[[Category:Films shot at the Palace of Versailles]]
[[Category:English-language historical drama films]]
[[Category:English-language biographical drama films]]