A new behind-the-scenes documentary marks the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette

The Globe and Mail · Elio Iannacci · 2026-11-06 11:00 UTC

The film, with its pink pastels and Converse shoes, remains Coppola’s most ambitious film

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In the opening minutes of Sofia Coppola’s lavish 2006 period film Marie Antoinette, Empress Maria Theresa (played by singer Marianne Faithfull) sends her 14-year-old daughter (Kirsten Dunst) to Versailles to marry the future Louis XVI. Stressing the union’s political importance, she warns her daughter: “All eyes will be on you.”

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