Marie-Antoinette's brother, , comes to visit, counseling her against her constant parties; advice that she finds easy to ignore.
Marie's attempts to consummate with her husband fail and the marriage remains childless.
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After a masquerade ball, Marie and Louis return to find that the King was dying of ; he orders du Barry to leave Versailles.
I was laughing at the satire, at Coppola's brash approach and from the pure joy that a great film can trigger.
Rioting Parisians force the family to leave Versailles for Paris.