Eleanor Coppola’s camera catches the Versailles magic behind Sofia’s masterpiece.
One of our preferred visual mood-board films of all time is undoubtedly Sofia Coppola’s 2006 Marie Antoinette. Twenty years later, we’re being invited back behind those Versailles doors.
Eleanor Coppola turns her camera on her daughter, Sofia, in Making Marie Antoinette, an 86-minute documentary assembled from footage Eleanor shot while Sofia was making the film in 2005. The result is an access-all-areas look at where the magic was made — and, just as importantly, a mother watching her daughter pull off an enormous cinematic feat at only 34.
Behind The Film
Return to Versailles.
Explore the official MUBI page for Making Marie Antoinette, then revisit Sofia Coppola's 2006 film and its unmistakable visual world.
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We can recall distinctly how striking Sofia’s age felt at the time — the scale, the style, the confidence of it all. Eleanor’s footage now turns that memory inside out, showing the director at work while also tracing what it meant for a mother to witness her daughter becoming thee auteur we were already in awe of.
Drawn from roughly 80 hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary also follows the craftsmanship that built Coppola’s candy-colored court, including costume designer Milena Canonero at work. After Eleanor’s death in 2024, Sofia helped finish the film, with Diane Lane narrating passages from Eleanor’s journals.
Making Marie Antoinette opens in select theaters in the US, UK and Canada on October 23, before streaming worldwide on MUBI November 6.
Making Marie Antoinette Official Trailer
MUBI’s official trailer offers the first full look at Eleanor Coppola’s intimate behind-the-scenes documentary.
Sources: MUBI; Film at Lincoln Center. Promotional image supplied by MUBI.
