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May 24, 2006
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Byline: DEREK MALCOLM

Marie Antoinette Cannes Festival ****

BOOS rang out after the packed and much anticipated first showing of Sofia Coppola's lavishly costumed, fashion-conscious but sometimes rather slowpaced and statically beautiful portrait of the life and times of Marie Antoinette.

Some applauded too, but the general feeling was that the coveted Palme d'Or would probably go elsewhere.

It is an intriguing film that certainly did not deserve catcalls. Basing her story on Antonia Fraser's book, Coppola concentrates on showing us how a very young Austrian princess ( Kirsten Dunst) was pitched into the rigidly formal etiquette of the ...

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