MUBI Streams Making Marie Antoinette Documentary
Eleanor Coppola's behind-the-scenes footage of Sofia Coppola's 2006 film is now available to stream.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Documentary
MUBI makes the documentary Making Marie Antoinette available to stream, assembling behind-the-scenes footage shot by Eleanor Coppola during the 2006 production of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. The film was pieced together by mother and daughter after Eleanor Coppola's death in 2024.
Why it matters
The documentary offers a rare, intimate look at the making of a major period film, drawn from footage Eleanor Coppola kept trained on the production and her daughter throughout. It arrives as a completed record of a project its creator did not live to finish.
The shoot ran 57 days, with the crew filming at the Palace of Versailles for 20 of them, and nearly 80 hours of footage were recorded. The final cut's running time and how much of that material made it into the film were not disclosed.
The players
Sofia Coppola
An American filmmaker known for directing Marie Antoinette and other character-driven dramas, and the daughter of Eleanor Coppola.
Eleanor Coppola
A filmmaker and writer who documented the 2006 production of Marie Antoinette and died in 2024 before completing the documentary.
MUBI
An international streaming service focused on independent and arthouse films, which made the documentary available to stream.
The details
Eleanor Coppola filmed behind-the-scenes action and her daughter throughout production, and the French government granted the crew permission to take over the Palace of Versailles. During the Covid-19 lockdowns, mother and daughter pieced the images together, and Sofia Coppola enlisted Diane Lane to read from Eleanor Coppola's journals.
Timeline
2006: Marie Antoinette is shot, including 20 days of filming at Versailles within a 57-day production.
Covid-19 lockdowns: Mother and daughter assemble the footage into the documentary.
2024: Eleanor Coppola dies before completing the project.
November 6, 2026: Making Marie Antoinette becomes available to stream on MUBI.
Industry Dynamics
The release extends a long-running tradition of making-of documentaries that capture a production from the set. Its appearance on a specialty streaming platform reflects how arthouse distributors increasingly give such archival material a second life.
Viewers can stream Making Marie Antoinette on MUBI starting November 6, 2026. The release makes the documentary accessible through the platform's subscription service rather than a theatrical run.
The takeaway
The documentary shows how footage recorded during a film's production can outlast its creators' original plans. Its completion through a family's joint effort makes it a record of both the 2006 shoot and the later work of finishing it.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by nss magazine.
