Sofia Copola's 2006 film, Marie Antoinette, Explores the life of a 14-year-old girl, forced to marry the son of the King of France and to completely give up her old life. Marie Antoinette now resides in the Palace of Versailles. with all eyes on her. After she marries Louis, the son of the king, they are pressured to have a child immediately, who will be the male heir. The pressure from this creates pressure within the marriage from everyone. Eventually, the couple can conceive and birth an heir. From here, Marie has completely won over the people and begins having fun. This quickly turns into her spending too much money on her own interests, forgetting to appeal to and please the people. This leads to Marie Antoinette being hated by the country of France and leads to her execution (not shown in the film)
The story of this film was very intriguing to me, but also extremely sad. Throughout this whole film, it kept running through my mind how Marie Antoinette was only 14. She was only 14 when she was forced to give up her life and get married! She (at least in the film) was very bubbly and kind, and in my opinion, misunderstood. No 14-year-old is equipped to deal with the responsibility of being a queen. At 14, you are figuring out who you are as a person, and in the midst of this, she had to leave her country, family, friends, and entire life behind. She was forced to conceive multiple children and be in charge of things no child should ever control. Obviously, she is going to focus her money on luxury, self-centered items, that is simply how children act. She was robbed of her childhood, forced to make immense decisions, carry multiple children, and marry a man she didn't even know. This is a story of a misunderstood child. This clip demonstrates this exactly.
Although proven to be historically inaccurate, the line "Let them eat cake" demonstrates that Marie Antoinette was not capable of decisions surrounding the people of France.
On a more positive note, the colors and wardrobe in this film are absolutely stunning. The pastel tones used in this film truly represent the type of royalty at the time in France and in the Palace of Versailles but also represent the innocence and childish theme throughout this film. I adored the use of blue and gold as well. The colors are different, but all work extremely well together. Marie Antoinette's wardrobe was so beautiful as well. The amount of effort put into this movie really made me appreciate a whole lot more. Honestly, I thought the budget would be higher than $40 million due to this.
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