is Marie Antoinette and her husband Louis XVI in Italian director ’s ( ), which opened the of the on Wednesday night in the Swiss town’s , which seats 8,000 people during the fest. On Thursday afternoon, the two stars, along with their director, met members of the press to discuss the movie, which is set in 1792 when the two main characters and their children were arrested and imprisoned in a chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. called the movie “an intriguing palace drama chronicling the last days of France’s ultimate royal couple,” also highlighting that “nuanced performances from both Canet and Laurent help to make the famous couple more than mere caricatures.
” The stars on Thursday shared how they got into their characters and their mindset. ( , , ) shared that she read Stefan Zweig’s well-known biography . “From her birth to her death, it had all the details and all the stories,” she recalled.
“I started the movie when I understood her and I liked her. When you read a script about Marie Antoinette, you [know] she’s going to be cold and just be this and this – all those cliches we have. All the movies kind of stop when they get arrested.
We started the movie there.” Added Laurent: “That was super exciting to start the movie there, when she finally has time to be a mother, and understand the men of her life, but is losing her best friend, going from coldness to depression. So it’s probably the most interesting part of her when she knows, .