Marie Antoinette, the film directed by Oscar-winning director Sofia Coppola, was highly criticised by the audience at Cannes.
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US director Sofia Coppola had won the Oscar award for her highly acclaimed movie Lost in Translation. (AFP) CANNES: Marie Antoinette, the long-awaited feature from Oscar-winning US director Sofia Coppola, was booed here on Tuesday by audiences at the Cannes Film Festival. doweshowbellyad=0;
Coppola���s new movie Marie Antoinette is about the life of the 14-year-old Austrian princess.
(Reuters) The movie, filmed on location in Versailles, tracks the life of the 14-year-old Austrian princess from her arrival in the French court to the final storming of the palace by angry mobs.
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The lead pair of the movie, actors Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, during a photocall at Cannes.(AP) Marie Antoinette is played by Kirsten Dunst, turning in a charming performance as the teenage royal who launches into a life of excess to relieve her boredom and loneliness within the court's strict confines.It had been expected to be a strong contender for the Palme d'Or as the festival begins the countdown towards Sunday's top award. doweshowbellyad=0;
Dunst and Coppola arrive for the screening of the latter's film Marie Antoinette at Cannes. (AP) Coppola, who made the widely acclaimed Lost in Translation, is seen as a gifted director capable of subtle, poetic work on the screen.But, despite sumptuous sets and costumes and a rollicking rock'n'roll soundtrack, the film is a disappointing and unconvincing story that prompted sniggers at points, and boos which drowned out the scattered applause at the end.