On May 16, , a lavish second wedding ceremony took place in the royal chapel at Versailles. More than 5, guests watched as the two teenagers were married. Life as a public figure was not easy for Marie Antoinette. Her marriage was difficult and, as she had very few official duties, she spent most of her time socializing and indulging her extravagant tastes.
For example, she had a model farm built on the palace grounds so that she and her ladies-in-waiting could dress in elaborate costumes and pretend to be milkmaids and shepherdesses.
Eighteenth-century colonial wars—particularly the American Revolution , in which the French had intervened on behalf of the colonists—had created a tremendous debt for the French state. Louis XVI and his advisers tried to impose a more representative system of taxation, but the nobility resisted.
In , representatives from all three estates the clergy, the nobility and the common people met at Versailles to come up with a plan for the reform of the French state, but noblemen and clergymen were still reluctant to give up their prerogatives. At the same time, conditions worsened for ordinary French people, and many became convinced that the monarchy and the nobility were conspiring against them.
Marie Antoinette continued to be a convenient target for their rage. In October , a mob of Parisian women protesting the high cost of bread and other goods marched to Versailles, dragged the entire royal family back to the city, and imprisoned them in the Tuileries.
This incident, it seemed to many, was proof that the queen was not just a foreigner: She was a traitor. However, many revolutionaries began to argue that the most insidious enemies of the state were not the nobles but the monarchs themselves.
I Did! I'm old and worse yet, a male. Certainly not the demographic Marie Antoinette is aimed at, so I found when I ventured out to my local Cineplex to check out Ms. Coppola's 4th go at directing. I figured to use the theater as my personal screening-room on a Friday at noon.
It was a school holiday and I entered one of the smaller of the 14 "theaters" into a crowd of a dozen or so chatting high school girls. I had mistakenly arrived 20 minutes early so I had an opportunity to eavesdrop on their discussion concerning the ethics paper they were required to write and what they were considering giving up for a week as required by their class.
These must have been students at the nearby parochial high school. What public high school has ethic courses? They seemed a perfect audience for a film on Marie Antoinette. The theater continued to fill as film time approached. So why did I think I'd enjoy a film by a director whose films seemed directed by a person with a spoiled child's view of the world? Kirsten Dunst was, in my opinion, a perfect choice.
She's beautiful but not too beautiful. She has an aura of mischievousness which worked from start to finish. Dunst, at the young age of 24 or so, already has a long career in Hollywood. And she was only one of many. For me, the film never dragged or bogged down. The sets were beautiful. What can you say about Versailles and the French countryside? The food was reminiscent to me of Wayne Thiebaud paintings, but more colorful.
The costumes, the music, added to the sense of decadence I think the film aimed for. Yet Marie Antoinette's character never seemed decadent. We bring you the facts about her life and death…. Known for: Being overthrown by French revolutionaries and being publicly guillotined after the abolition of the monarchy.
Together the couple had 16 children, 10 of whom lived into adulthood. At the age of 14, Marie married the heir to the French throne, Louis-Auguste, Duke of Berry and Dauphin of France, by proxy a wedding that takes place without the presence of at least one of the two individuals on 19 April She and her siblings spent their childhood in the colourful court of Vienna while their mother charted out their futures, determined to use her large brood to national advantage.
In , France and Austria signed the Treaty of Versailles. After meeting her husband for the first time on 14 May , an official wedding ceremony took place at the Palace of Versailles on 16 May In June , some 50, people eagerly gathered along the streets of Paris to catch a glimpse of Marie during her first public appearance as a member of the French royal family.
Members of the crowd were so keen to see the teenager that at least 30 people were crushed to death during the frantic rush. Many contemporaries were charmed by Marie during this public occasion, and praised her beauty. Marie soon became involved in the extravagance of French court life, attending lavish balls and gambling. Her husband, however, shied away from public affairs. The couple would not consummate their marriage until seven years later — this became a popular matter of discussion and ridicule both at court and among the public.
King Louis XV died on 10 May after contracting smallpox. A highly social creature, the queen developed open and long-lasting attachments to female favourites at court. Perhaps the most significant were two of her ladies-in-waiting — the Princesse de Lamballe, and the Duchesse de Polignac. These friendships were later tarnished by accusations of sexual depravity, but more convincing are the rumours about her relationship with a handsome Swedish count, Axel von Fersen, who was admitted into her close circle during the summer of her first pregnancy and left the country in a cloud of gossip in France experienced poor harvests during the s, which consequently increased the price of grain.
Meanwhile, dangerous rumours circulated that Marie was having an affair with her close companion Hans Axel von Fersen, a Swedish count. Marie and her ladies-in-waiting would dress up as shepherdesses and pretend to be peasants, walking around the farm and milking the cows and sheep.
Ross Katz Producer. Fred Roos Executive Producer. Francis Ford Coppola Executive Producer. Paul Rassam Executive Producer. Lance Acord Cinematographer.
Sarah Flack Film Editor. Antoinette Boulat Casting. Karen Lindsay-Stewart Casting. Barrett Production Design. Milena Canonero Costume Designer. View All Critic Reviews Jan 17, I did not hate this movie. I did not love this movie. To be honest, I knew little of Marie Antoinette but I googled her after watching the movie, which shed light on the film. Sofia goes more by feel and is more abstract more a Picasso than a Rembrandt , and wanted the viewer to experience lush excess and excessive material abundance to the point of where everything was sicky-sweet, which was part of Marie Antoinette's world.
I also got that among all the cakes and silk and glitter, there was no soul. I found her lack of privacy in her dressing her clothes with an audience, and the royal court knowing her sex life interesting and heart-breaking.
She had to get rid of her beloved dog. She was only a child! Then her self-absorbed frigid husband who was little comfort to her appears in her life, but wasn't he also practically a child himself? Interesting how he slowly warmed to her as he finally grew up a bit. I think these two children playing prince and princess, then king and queen, had no realization of the world outside their castle, that France was starving.
There was no malice, only ignorance that often comes with the stupidity of youth. I did gain insight from this film, perhaps more abstractly. Amy A Super Reviewer. Oct 21, This seemed like Sophia Coppola trying to make a Baz Luhrman film. The beginning of the movie is incredibly clunky as far as pacing goes and at least it got a little better about halfway through but even then the film as a whole can't be saved.
The only bright spot was Kirsten Dunst acting her heart out to try and save his film from an even worse rating. Patrick W Super Reviewer. Jul 31, It was not as bad as I expected, but the soundtrack was awful! Thomas J Super Reviewer. Jul 09, Once again, another beautiful, haunting, mesmerizing film from director Sofia Coppola.
Like all of her films, it is so easy to fall in love with Marie Antoinette. Coppola has the gift of capturing raw human emotions in the simplest and purest of ways.
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