Indianrelease date : June 22, 2007Cast&Crew StarCast KirstenDunst: MarieAntoinette JasonSchwartzman: LouisXVI Judy Davis:Comtesse deNoailles RipTorn: LouisXV Director SofiaCoppola Writer SofiaCoppola Producer SofiaCoppola RossKatz Music BrianReitzell |
| Synopsis |
Bornto Austrian nobility, Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) is only 14 years old whenshe's pledged to marry Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the 15-year-old king ofFrance, in an alliance that has everything to do with politics and nothing to dowith love. Sent to France and literally stripped of her former life, Marie wedsLouis, but to the consternation of the royal court, he seems unable toconsummate 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 uponher, Marie gives herself over to the pleasures of life in Versailles, caringlittle of the political intrigue that surrounds her. In time, Marie's trustedbrother, Joseph (Danny Huston), is brought in to coach Louis on the finer pointsof marital relations, and before long the couple is finally blessed with achild. However, as Marie tends to her children in the gilded cage of her palaceand enjoys an affair with a Swedish nobleman, political power plays are throwingFrance into chaos, and the growing ranks of the poor rebel against the royalsand their life of privilege. |