An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) becomes queen of France, then later loses her head during the French... (Learn more)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Asia Argento (View All)
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Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Asia Argento
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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US Release Date
10/20/06
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity and innuendo.
Running Time
123 mins.
Locations
- Paris, France
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$15,962,471
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Costumes in a Period Film award at the 2006 Costume Guild Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 2006 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 2006 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Production Design award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup and Hair award at the 2006 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction/Production Design award at the 2006 Satellite Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2006 Washington D.C. Film Critics Associatio Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Soundtrack award at the 2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2006 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- pathe
- Sony Pictures
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
