Daxa Thakkar
Student id: 0178633
Prof: Wendling
Assignment: paper on the film Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
The movie is set in 18
th
century France. The king on the throne then was Louis XV. Marie
Antoinette the Austrian princess has been promised to Dauphin of France Louis XV. The movie
highlights the lifestyle of Marie Antoinette. It details her transformation from being a princess to
dauphine to the queen of France. The movie entails the story of her marriage and how she led her
life as a monarch and how it ended. We also get to look at the dynamics of the court when Louis
XV reigned and how it changed when Louis XVI came to throne. The financial implications that
the common people had to suffer due to manarch's exquisite lifestyle can be derived from the
movie. We also Lear of the fashion and cultured followed at the time by French court.
It begins by showing a young girl in teens beautiful and docile, who is quite excited at the
prospect, everything she loves behind in Austria. Expected of her upbringing to be a proper
aristocrat, she seems to handle her marriage bravely considering she was wedded at a very young
age.
She is introduced to a very strict woman a countess who is responsible for her household.
