Marie Antoinette is a 2006 historical comedy-drama film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Judy Davis, Rose Byrne, Shirley Henderson, Molly Shannon and Asia Argento. is loosely based on the life of the Queen consort in the years leading up to the French Revolution. Coppola stated it was not a film on historical fact but rather interpretation.