Overview
- The documentary is credited to Eleanor Coppola and was compiled from roughly 80 hours of footage shot on the 2006 Marie Antoinette set that Eleanor began organizing during the 2020 lockdown.
- Sofia Coppola completed the edit as a tribute to her mother following Eleanor’s death in 2024, and Sofia is credited on the film as a producer while Diane Lane reads Eleanor’s diary entries on the soundtrack.
- The film screened at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2026 and has a reported running time of about 1 hour 26 minutes with world sales handled by Mubi.
- Critics say the film offers an intimate mother–daughter portrait and useful archival detail on Sofia Coppola’s directing methods, including scenes showing her asserting aesthetic choices and defending her competence on a $40 million period shoot.
- Beyond fans of the original movie, reviewers note the documentary raises broader questions about authorship and the treatment of women directors by preserving candid on-set moments and industry voices for historical record.