Overview
- Mubi announced the acquisition of global distribution rights this week, securing a completed documentary that filmmakers say is ready for release.
- The film was assembled from roughly 80 hours of unseen footage Eleanor Coppola shot on Sofia Coppola’s 2005 Marie Antoinette set and was edited into a feature to fulfill Eleanor’s stated wish.
- Sofia Coppola led the finishing process with editor Aaron Matthews and input from Eleanor’s friends Davia Nelson and Liz Bird, and Diane Lane provides the voiced passages from Eleanor’s journals.
- Producers include Lorenzo Mieli, Mario Gianani, Rachel Dengiz, Youree Henley and Sofia Coppola, with financing from Our Films/Mediawan Rights and Entourage Pictures; Mubi has not yet set festival, theatrical or streaming dates.
- The release revisits a film that was shot at the Palace of Versailles and later reappraised by critics, and it is likely to renew attention on the original Marie Antoinette’s craft, costume design and the Coppola family dynamic.