Marie Antoinette (2006)
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55% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(240,233 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sofia Coppola
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- In Theaters
- Oct 20, 2006 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 13, 2007
- Studio
- Sony Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Stunningly original...The masterstroke of Marie Antoinette is how Coppola connects the social order to sexual servitude.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
It's very pretty and occasionally amusing but also dreadfully dull for long, long stretches.
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
The director squanders a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to film on the grounds and inside the Palace of Versailles. It's the trappings we get, in richly reproduced costumes and all-over gilt furniture, at the expense of any substance.
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Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Little happens for much of Marie Antoinette, but Coppola is a visual storyteller, and with her first big canvas she creates a giddy world at Versailles in color and light.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Coppola's queen experiences no inner transformation or redemption because, in this telling, she's in no need of it. She's cool to begin with.
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Cast
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Kirsten Dunst
as Marie Antoinette
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Jason Schwartzman
as Louis XVI
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Judy Davis
as Comtesse de Noailles
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Rip Torn
as Louis XV
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Rose Byrne
as Duchesse de Polignac
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Asia Argento
as Contesse du Barry
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Molly Shannon
as Aunt Victoire
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Shirley Henderson
as Aunt Sophie
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Danny Huston
as Emperor Joseph
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Marianne Faithfull
as Maria Teresa
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Mary Nighy
as Princesse Lamballe
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Sebastian Armesto
as Comte de Provence
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Jamie Dornan
as Count Fersen
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Aurore Clement
as Duchesse de Char
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Guillaume Gallienne
as Vergennes
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James Lance
as Leonard
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Al Weaver
as Comte d'Artois
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Tom Hardy
as Raumont
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Steve Coogan
as Ambassador Mercy
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Clara Brajman
as Austrian Girlfriend
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Mélodie Berenfeld
as Austrian Girlfriend
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Jean-Christophe Bouvet
as Duc de Choiseul
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lo Bottoms
as Lady-in-Waiting
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Celine Sallette
as Lady-in-Waiting
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André Oumansky
as Cardinal de la Roche Aymon
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Jean-Paul Scarpitta
as Baron Scarpitta
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René Lucien Rolland
as Archbishop
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Clémentine Poidatz
as Comtesse de Provence
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Camille Miceli
as Grand Chambellan
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Paul Fortune
as Duc Fortune
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Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni
as Comtesse de Cavozzoni
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Alexia Landeau
as Comtesse de la Londe
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Joe Sheridan
as Catty Courtier
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Katrine Boorman
as The English Duchess
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Sarah Adler
as Comtesse d'Artois
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Jean-Marc Stehle
as Doctor Lassonne
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Paul Jasmin
as Baron Jasmin
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Francis Leplay
as Doctor Delivery Provence
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Mathieu Amalric
as Man at Masked Ball
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Carlo Brandt
as Palace Gardener
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Raphael Neal
as Garden Page
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John P. Arnold
as Minister of Finances
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Scali Delpeyrat
as Doctor Delivery M-A
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Chloé Van Barthold
as Elisabeth
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Phoenix
as Petit Trianon Musicians
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Lauriane Mascaro
as Marie Therese 2 Years
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Gaëlle Bona
as Girl at Petit Trianon
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William Doherty
as Councilman
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Florrie Betts
as Marie Therese 6 Years
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Dominic Gould
as Count
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Jago Betts
as Dauphin 2 Years
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Axel Küng
as Dauphin 2 Years
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Driss Hugo-Kalff
as Dauphin 2 Years
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Fabrice Scott
as King's Messenger
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Alain Doutey
as Chief Valet
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Bob Barrett
as Page
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Joseph Malerba
as Queen's Guard
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Blair Brown
as Narrator
- Nancy Meyers



