THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
Starring: David Siegel, Jackie Siegel, Virginia Nebab
Directed By: Lauren Greenfield
Run Time: 100 min
Language: English
Rating: PG
Winner of the Directing Award for Documentary at the most recent Sundance Film Festival, this is a character-driven story about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. The film follows a wealthy family whose rags-to-riches success reveals the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the biggest house in America. Over the next two years, their sprawling empire falters due to the economic recession. The family must deal with major changes in lifestyle that affects them and their large household staff.
“A brilliant metaphor for everything about the U.S. economy and the culture that shaped it.”-New York Magazine