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Sofia Coppola Completes “Making Marie Antoinette” Documentary

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC · How we work

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Sofia Coppola Completes Documentary

Sofia Coppola completed the documentary “Making Marie Antoinette” to fulfill her mother Eleanor’s wishes.
The film incorporates about 80 hours of Eleanor Coppola’s behind-the-scenes footage from the 2006 Versailles shoot.
Diane Lane voices Eleanor, reading her journals after Eleanor’s April 2024 death.
The documentary opened in UK and Irish cinemas on October 23 and streams on Mubi November 6.

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Versailles Exhibits Costumes

The 20th-anniversary celebrations feature a 4K theatrical re-release, a companion book, and expanded museum shows.
The V&A Museum’s “Marie Antoinette Style” exhibition displayed film costumes from fall 2025 through spring 2026.
A Versailles exhibition of original costumes remains open until January 24, 2027.
Designer Sandy Liang cites the film as a major inspiration for her recent runway collections.

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Historical Context

When Sofia Coppola released *Marie Antoinette* in 2006, the lavish period drama sparked renewed public fascination with eighteenth-century French royalty. The production amassed over 80 hours of Eleanor Coppola’s behind-the-scenes footage, and the film earned a $27 million worldwide box office gross. Today, Sofia’s documentary narrated by Diane Lane revisits that archive while the V&A Museum and designer Sandy Liang showcase the film’s costumes in 2025-2026 exhibitions. The renewed spotlight reinforces the film’s cultural legacy, prompting further scholarly study and influencing contemporary fashion cycles in the global market worldwide.

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Sofia Coppola Completes Documentary

Sofia Coppola completed the documentary “Making Marie Antoinette” to fulfill her mother Eleanor’s wishes.
The film incorporates about 80 hours of Eleanor Coppola’s behind-the-scenes footage from the 2006 Versailles shoot.
Diane Lane voices Eleanor, reading her journals after Eleanor’s April 2024 death.
The documentary opened in UK and Irish cinemas on October 23 and streams on Mubi November 6.

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