Marie Antoinette was released into a cultural moment dominated by consumerism as empowerment, when ‘girl power’ was used to sell music and fashion to young women.
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Marie Antoinette has become a symbol of female profligacy made up of as much history as she is of modern film and art.
While Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette may not be faithful to historical events, the film is a rhythmic, impressionistic and comical retelling of the young queen’s life by a sophisticated filmmaker.
Father is a Hollywood great, but daughter is on course to take her own place in the movie pantheon.
