Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst Celebrate 20 Years of ‘Marie Antoinette’ With History-Bending Versailles Exhibition
Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman joined Coppola at a Cartier-supported exhibition and concert celebrating the film’s 20th anniversary.
- On Tuesday, actress Kirsten Dunst and costar Jason Schwartzman returned to Versailles to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola's 2006 film "Marie Antoinette," marking the opening of a Cartier-supported commemorative exhibition at the Petit Trianon.
- Released 20 years ago, Coppola's cult classic film remains popular with audiences, and Dunst and Schwartzman, who played Louis XVI, reflected on the unique experience of filming at the royal palace.
- Behind-the-Scenes photos by filmmaker's longtime friend Andrew Durham appear in the book "Making Marie Antoinette," published this year, while guests toured mannequin displays and Manolo Blahnik slippers before moving to the Versailles Orangerie.
- British rock band New Order performed, opening with the "Ceremony" track featured in Coppola's film, and Dunst told WWD the experience felt "like a wedding and a funeral at the same time."
- The Cartier-supported exhibition at the Petit Trianon runs until Jan. 24, with the celebration drawing cultural fixtures including macaron mogul Pierre Hermé, designers Julie de Libran and Alexis Mabille to the palace.
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An exhibition at the Petit Trianon immerses visitors in the world of the cult classic, which shock up the image of the queen, played by Kirsten Dunst.
Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman Return to Versailles to Celebrate Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’
Francis Ford Coppola was among guests who marked the film’s 20th anniversary with a visit to the Cartier-supported commemorative exhibition and a New Order concert during the soiree at French chateau’s Orangerie.
Sofia Coppola is celebrating 20 years of "Marie Antoinette" with a special exhibition at Versailles and a documentary based on rare footage from the filming.
To mark the 20th anniversary of her 2006 film “Marie Antoinette,” director Sofia Coppola is collaborating with the Palace of Versailles for an unusual exhibition of props, costumes, and behind-the-scenes footage. The initiative has been taken by costume designer Milena Canonero and the exhibition is hosted in the Palace itself, which was the residence […]
No one in Versailles has forgotten this filming twenty years ago, the film Marie-Antoinette de Sofia Coppola, which has become a cult. Today it is the subject of an exhibition at the Château du Petit Trianon, where everything has started. Guided tour with the filmmaker and great witnesses of the time.
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