{"id":931599,"date":"2026-10-17T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931599\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:36:14","slug":"pathe-unveils-4k-restoration-of-sofia-coppolas-marie-antoinette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931599\/","title":{"rendered":"Path\u00e9 Unveils 4K Restoration of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSofia Coppola<\/a>\u2019s cult classic \u201cMarie Antoinette<\/a>\u201d and three works by Louis Daquin<\/a>, a champion of the Communist Resistance during the German occupation, are among the latest restored works from French studio Path\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe company, whose owners J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux<\/a> and Sophie Seydoux<\/a> are being honored at the Lumi\u00e8re Film Festival<\/a>\u2019s International Classic Film Market<\/a> (MIFC<\/a>) in Lyon, is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, which also marks the 20th anniversary of the J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux-Path\u00e9 Fondation. <\/p>\n

\n\tA bastion of film preservation and the continued transmission of heritage works, Path\u00e9 has also been a strong supporter of the Lumi\u00e8re Festival since its establishment in 2009. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe studio is currently marking the 20th anniversary of Coppola\u2019s film with the release of a newly restored 4K version on Nov. 25.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, which stars Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, comes just in time for the recently announced<\/a> special exhibition at the Chateau de Versailles dedicated to the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 4K restoration is being supervised by Sony Pictures Entertainment in collaboration with American Zoetrope. It follows the late Eleanor Coppola\u2019s new documentary on her daughter\u2019s film, \u201cMaking Marie Antoinette<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPath\u00e9 is also celebrating the work of Daquin, described by the Lumi\u00e8re Festival as \u201ca unique figure in French cinema, for whom filmmaking and political commitment were one and the same. A member of the Resistance, a staunch communist and union activist heavily involved in defending film industry workers, he considered his craft to be an extension of his convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNous les gosses (Portrait of Innocence)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Path\u00e9 Films<\/p>\n

\n\tPart of a special Lumi\u00e8re Festival showcase, Daquin\u2019s works include his 1941 film \u201cNous les gosses\u201d(\u201cPortrait of Innocence\u201d), the story of a close-knit group of schoolchildren that can be read as a veiled call for resistance. The fest is presenting the film in its restored 2K version.<\/p>\n

\n\tLikewise screening is 1960\u2019s \u201cThe Opportunists\u201d (\u201cLes Arrivistes\u201d), an adaptation of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac\u2019s book \u201cLa Rabouilleuse\u201d (known in English as \u201cThe Black Sheep\u201d and \u201cThe Two Brothers\u201d); set during the Restoration, it follows a former officer of Napoleon whose greed knows no bounds.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe Opportunists (Les Arrivistes)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Path\u00e9 Films \u2013 DEFA Spielfilmstudio<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Lumi\u00e8re Festival will present the film in its restored 4K version.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in the Path\u00e9 catalogue is the 4K restoration of Daquin\u2019s 1944 drama \u201cPremier de Cord\u00e9e\u201d (\u201cFirst in Line\u201d). Filmed primarily on location in the Chamonix Valley, \u201cPremier de Cord\u00e9e\u201d represented a remarkable technical achievement during the German occupation of France, Path\u00e9 notes.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDirected by a filmmaker involved in the Resistance, the film tells the story of a young man who must overcome his fear of heights to become a mountain guide. Its themes of struggle, perseverance and self-transcendence resonated strongly with audiences in occupied France.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPath\u00e9 describes the Daquin showcase as \u201can opportunity to rediscover a filmmaker who captured working-class France, made films under the very nose of the occupying forces, and helped shape the institutions of post-war French cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLouis Daquin\u2019s career was extraordinary. He directed several feature films during the German occupation while actively involved in the Communist Resistance. His films from this period bear the mark of this paradoxal situation: a left-wing filmmaker, involved in the Resistance, working under the constraints of a fascist regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking at the Path\u00e9 Bellecour theater in Lyon during the Classic Film Market on Friday, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux, chairman of Path\u00e9, and Sophie Seydoux, president of the J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux-Path\u00e9 Fondation, discussed a wide range of pressing issues, from their efforts to preserve, conserve and transmit the company\u2019s century-long heritage to the resilience of cinema, the undeniable power of blockbusters, and the importance of education in cultivating a lasting passion for cinema among young people.<\/p>\n

\n\tPath\u00e9 has produced such recent upscale blockbusters as \u201cDe Gaulle: R\u00e9sistance<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Count of Monte Cristo<\/a>\u201d and \u201cThe Three Musketeers \u2013 Part I: D\u2019Artagnan<\/a>\u201d \u2014 the kinds of films that are necessary to keep cinema alive, according to J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is essential that there are films that are called locomotives in France, which Americans call blockbusters. .We at Path\u00e9 said to ourselves that we are not going to make cars, we are going to make locomotives. But it\u2019s difficult. It\u2019s difficult because these are obviously bigger risks. These are often bigger budgets. So, you can\u2019t make too many mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCiting a motto from filmmaker Claude Berri, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux added, \u201cWhen making a film, what matters is not what it costs, it\u2019s what it brings in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tExpressing his confidence in the survival of cinema, the Path\u00e9 chairman argued that despite recurring economic crises, technological shifts and the rise of home viewing, people would always seek the shared emotional experience of the big screen.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat cinema is something that would disappear has been said since the Lumi\u00e8re Brothers. The Lumi\u00e8re Brothers, Jean-Pierre Melville, the head of Netflix, and more recently, Sylvester Stallone have announced that the cinema does not exist anymore.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCinema will resist, no matter what happens,\u201d he stressed. \u201cCinema has always had crises. There will always be cinema, there will always be crises. And why will there always be cinema? Because today, in a society where people are very individualistic, they still have, at some point, the need to come together, to share emotions together. I am an absolutely unshakeable believer in the survival of cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCinema will not only resist the dominance of U.S. streamers in France, it is sure to become a significant venue for platforms to launch their productions, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux added. The U.S. streamers are also natural partners for Path\u00e9, he stressed. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToday in France, the two main networks for the French are YouTube and Netflix. So these are two American companies. And we are going to work almost automatically with people who have money. The people who have money are the platforms. So yes, we will definitely work with the platforms. It\u2019s mandatory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the same time, Netflix will increasingly release films in theaters, he predicted. \u201cI think they will discover that they need, what I call high fashion. When you are in the media business, you need something that shines.\u201d For that reason, \u201cin a short time, in a few years Netflix will make movies that will be released in theaters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNot just because of the talents involved, but also for commercial reasons, for reasons that if you want to do something that is truly an event, it is difficult to make an event only on television. It will always be an event whose notoriety will be lower than that of a major film event.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTurning to the company\u2019s film preservation efforts and the use of digital technology, Sophie Seydoux stressed the importance of maintaining film on film.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am an unconditional supporter of what is called a conservation shoot, meaning that once we have restored a film, digitized it, it goes back to film. We know from here at the Lumi\u00e8re Festival, everywhere in the world, film is preserved for 120 years in an absolutely remarkable way. Currently, for everything that is digital, we do not know the preservation time. And above all, there are a lot of elements that can disappear overnight due to a change in technology. So, we need to be very, very careful.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt Path\u00e9, it\u2019s really a golden rule. We reprint on film for all the restorations we do. There is never the slightest shadow of hesitation about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSophie Seydoux also underscored the importance of education and exposing children to films from an early age to cultivate a lasting passion for cinema. The J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux-Path\u00e9 Foundation conducts specialized educational workshops centered around silent films.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is very, very, very important to show young people films from early childhood because it will give them this desire to continue to see films,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the Foundation we have a very, very important educational program that is focused on silent films, since that is our specialty. We teach them what film is, we let them handle film. Handling is something that is very important.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c[Company founder] Charles Path\u00e9 was very attached to everything that was manipulation. He thought about it when he built a camera, about the cameraman\u2019s gestures, how it should be done, how it could be improved. And manipulation is very important, so many of our workshops for children involve hands-on activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSophie Seydoux and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Seydoux<\/p>\n

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