Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette is a 2006 biographical film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is very loosely based on the life of the Queen consort in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. It was released in the United States on October 20, 2006, by Columbia Pictures.

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Upon the death of Louis XV on 10 May 1774, the Dauphin ascended the throne as King Louis XVI of France and Navarre, and Marie Antoinette became Queen of France and Navarre. 

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Marie Antoinette (2006)

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“As your brother, I have to lecture you about your constant gambling and choice of friends…”

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Marie Antoinette (2006)

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“To the dauphin and dauphine of France.”

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“That was unnecessary.”

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Marie Antoinette (2006)

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“My youngest daughter, Antoine, will be Queen of France.”

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The etiquette of allowing all persons indiscriminately to enter at the moment of the delivery of a queen was observed with such exaggeration that when the accoucheur said aloud, “La Reine va s'accoucher,” the persons who poured into the chamber were so numerous that the rush nearly destroyed the Queen.

During the night the King had taken the precaution to have the enormous tapestry screens which surrounded her Majesty’s bed secured with cords; but for this they certainly would have been thrown down upon her.

It was impossible to move about the chamber, which was filled with so motley a crowd that one might have fancied himself in some place of public amusement. Two Savoyards got upon the furniture for a better sight of the Queen, who was placed opposite the fireplace.

–the memoirs of Madame Campan

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“Applause is usually not permitted at court performances.” “Why not? It was wonderful.”

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During the alarm for the life of the Queen, regret at not possessing an heir to the throne was not even thought of. The King himself was wholly occupied with the care of preserving an adored wife.

The Memoirs of Madame Campan

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“Applause is usually not permitted at court performances.” “Why not? It was wonderful.”