I saw Queen Mary's introduction in a magazine a long time ago. At that time, I only thought that the picture was luxurious and exquisite, which was really eye-catching. Director Sofia Coppola is said to have a good reputation. So much so that France is really willing to donate Versailles Palace to her to photograph this much condemned queen in history.
Let's talk about the beginning of the film, Marie wakes up in the sunshine, with a delicate face like a child. Today, she will bid farewell to the motherland, marry France, and become a prince concubine. In fact, I have always thought that the protagonist Kirsten Dunst is not a beauty in the traditional sense, but she seems to have a unique quality that is attractive. I especially like to see her smile, like a child who is not familiar with the world, innocent and cute. The moment Marie stepped into the carriage, I suddenly felt sad. A young girl, an Austrian princess, bid farewell to her relatives and married France alone for the sake of the country. That kind of fear of the unknown future is incomprehensible to others. When Marie looked at the large rows of trees outside the carriage, what was on her mind? Is the longing for France, or the reluctance to part with Austria.
Marie has a childlike mind and the courage to adapt to everything. So after she said goodbye to the accompanying maid and her dear puppy in tears, and changed into the exquisite French court clothes, she was a beautiful and moving French princess.
Does the royal family have such a proud temperament, always showing their nobility anytime, anywhere. Louis XV, the king of France, should have liked this lively granddaughter-in-law very much.
From Marie saluted him, saying: hello my dear grandfather. This is indeed a lovely girl.
Married life is not satisfactory. Louis XVI, Marie's husband, was sullen and kind, but did not know how to fulfill the responsibilities of a husband. History has it that Louis XVI was impotent. I don't know about this, he and marrie in the film are both healthy, but they don't know how to do it correctly. Of course, the problem was solved later, but it seems that Louis XVI's interest was not in this area, but like to study keys. He is a bit like Empress Li in Chinese history, who spent his whole life in writing poetry.
Louis XVI liked marrie very much, but this kind of liking was criticized as condoning his wife's lewdness. I can't accept it. Is it because he doesn't like sex, so he condone his wife's lewdness? No man is so useless, right? I think the whole environment in France at that time was not good. There is more or less a leg between the countes and ladies. Perhaps Louis' indulgence can be understood as getting used to the whole atmosphere. Besides, his interest is in hunting as a key, so he has no time to really understand what his wife is doing. This is not to cover up his wife's adultery.
I remember a scene where Louis XVI was waiting for her on horseback in front of marrie's bedroom, and marrie opened the window and asked, "What are you looking for?" How is our daughter? Louis XVI said with a smile, she is very good, I have been married off. marrie said with a smile, can't she wait until she can talk before marrying? Louie said: Then I can think about it. This scene, this dialogue, is not at all like a dialogue between a French king and queen. It's like a joke between two lovers.
Regarding the general who had an extramarital affair, I forgot his name, so I was too lazy to look for it. History speaks of true love. And what I feel in the film is that a beautiful game is over, and everyone belongs to each other. That's good, it's much more realistic than two people eloping and confronting France.
I remember how the maid next to marrie described their relationship like this.
She likes to be please. He likes to please people. It doesn't lose the royal style at all.
Finally the Great Revolution broke out. Louis showed rare courage, and he said firmly to the minister: I will not go, I will not be a wanted king. And marrie also firmly held Louis's hand and said: I want to be with my husband.
I believe that even if they don't have a lot of love in their life, at least they understand what it is to share weal and woe. This is much better than those couples who go their separate ways when they are in trouble.
At the end of the film, marrie and Louis left the Palace of Versailles with their daughter, the author, in a carriage. In the radiance of the sunrise, Louis XVI smiled sincerely at his wife and asked: Are you looking for your linden tree? marrie shook her head and said, no, I'm saying goodbye.
The film ends here. Historically, marrie and Louis XVI have not managed to leave. The two were beheaded one after another. When marrie went to Xingtai, she accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot, and did not forget to apologize politely: I'm sorry, I didn't mean it.
It is said that the people of France forgave her at that moment.
Of course these are all historical stories. It's hard to tell what's true and what's false. But at least the ending that director Sofia Coppola left us is beautiful.
Maybe they can go to a new place and start the good life all over again, only she is no longer the deficit queen and he is no longer the incompetent king. They can stay together until old age like normal fathers. She may have cheated and loved other men, but she will still be by her husband's side. He may have looked up to her charm and felt ashamed, but he knew that this was a wife who loved her and would never leave her. How good is that.
Let us only immerse ourselves in the film itself, ignore the cruel or serious history behind it, and simply appreciate this beautiful Marie-Antoinette.
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