Marie Antoinette is a 2006 biography film written and directed by Sofia Coppola about the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. It won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

The film's anachronistic soundtrack contains songs by 1980s New Wave and post-punk bands such as New Order ("Ceremony"), The Cure ("All Cats Are Grey", "Plainsong"), Siouxsie and the Banshees ("Hong Kong Garden (With Strings Intro)"), Bow Wow Wow ("Fools Rush In", "Aphrodisiac" and "I Want Candy"), and Adam and the Ants ("Kings of the Wild Frontier"), as well as newer material by The Strokes, Aphex Twin, Dustin O'Halloran, and The Radio Dept.

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