![]() ![]() These depictions fail to investigate how Marie-Antoinette was able to be both the archduchess of Austria and the dauphine and queen of France at the same time. Although all are excellent in their own way, they do not explore who Marie-Antoinette really was both before and after her arrival to France. Similarly, Benoît Jacquot’s movie Farewell My Queen, based on Chantal Thomas’ book, also tried to offer its viewer a softer image of the queen, but Marie-Antoinette still came off as a selfish woman. ![]() Yet have we received a proper depiction of Marie-Antoinette or are we still presented with a representation that communicates the past condemnations of eighteenth-century France? Is it possible that Marie-Antoinette was the foolish and thoughtless woman Norma Shearer played in the Stephan Zweig inspired biopic Marie-Antoinette? Or maybe she was the sweet, naive, and careless dauphine/queen who never fully understood the importance of her position that was depicted in Sofia Coppola’s film Marie-Antoinette. So who was Marie-Antoinette? Over the past century, more and more scholars, biographers, and filmmakers have attempted to answer this question. ![]() Sadly, our views of Marie-Antoinette tend to be shaped by two hundred year-old opinions that were likely not fully accurate. ![]()
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