Eleanor Coppola died before she could finish ‘Making Marie Antoinette.’ Sofia saw it through.

1. 2005
   Eleanor Coppola shoots 80 hours of behind-the-scenes footage during the making of 'Marie Antoinette'
2. Film's original release
   'Marie Antoinette' is booed at Cannes and receives mixed reviews, with $60 million in worldwide sales
3. During the COVID-19 pandemic
   Eleanor revisits the footage and begins dreaming of making it into a film
4. Before her death
   Eleanor tells Sofia she wants the film finished and her book 'Two of Me: Notes on Living and Leaving' published
5. April 2024
   Eleanor Coppola dies
6. Present/20th anniversary year
   Sofia completes 'Making Marie Antoinette,' which releases in theaters and streams on Mubi Nov. 6, alongside a 4K re-release, book and exhibition

“She loved to show how things are made. The truth of what's really going on behind that was always interesting to her.”