Movies in the Garden returns this spring with with the 2006 biopic Marie Antoinette, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The film is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette’s life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. Starring Kirsten Dunst as the ill-fated French monarch, the film chronicles Marie Antoinette from her betrothal and marriage at age 15 to Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) to her coronation at 19 through the end of her reign and ultimately the fall of Versailles. The film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The soundtrack includes songs by New Wave and Punk bands, ranging from New Order and the Cure to Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bow Wow Wow. (Rated PG-13 | 2 hours, 3 minutes | Watch the trailer below)

• 5 – 7 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
• 6 – 7:30 pm: Music by DJ Swamp Boogie and a performance by Trixie Minx Productions in advance of the screening
• 7:30 – 9:30 pm: Marie Antoinette

FREE to NOMA members | $12.00 adults | $10.00 seniors | $6.00 children (7-12)

• Children 6 and under are free
• University students with valid ID receive $8.00 admission

Food trucks by Diva Dawgs and La Cocinita will be parked outside the garden gates and a bar will be set up near the screen in the oak grove.