Jacqueline Siegel

A billionaire couple's bubble bursts when the global financial crisis threatens plans to build a mammoth mansion based on the Palace of Versailles.

Lauren Greenfield's postcard from the edge of the American Empire captures a portrait of a materialistic, image-obsessed culture. Simultaneously photographic journey, memoir, and historical essay, the film bears witness to the global boom bust economy, the corrupted American Dream and the human costs of late stage capitalism, narcissism and greed.