Marc by Sofia, the 2025 American documentary brings together two cultural heavyweights: Coppola and Marc Jacobs. The film had its world premiere out of competition at the Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2025, a fittingly cinematic setting for a story that unfolds somewhere between downtown New York grit and couture gloss.
Coppola, the filmmaker behind cult classics like The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Marie Antoinette, has long been the patron saint of cool-girl melancholy. Her aesthetic is soft but razor-aware; her films float, but they cut.
She’s also been orbiting fashion for decades, collaborating with houses, styling campaigns, and existing as an icon in her own right. Her friendship with Jacobs dates back to the 1990s, when New York fashion was equal parts chaos and genius.
At its core, the documentary is a filmed conversation between two longtime friends, relaxed, stylish, occasionally indulgent, and undeniably charming.
Coppola largely lets Jacobs lead. The camera lingers as he reflects on his beginnings in the early 1990s, the era when he helped redefine American fashion with grunge, rebellion, and theatrical runway storytelling. The film starts off rather slowly but gets moving when it dials back to the early 1990s, even if it sometimes feels a bit clubby or a touch too cool for school. Ultimately, though, the appeal lies in witnessing the decades-long evolution of a designer who reshaped the industry.
Jacobs appears throughout the film in spectacularly tailored sleepwear, loose yet crisply structured metallic jacquards that look more suited to a Fifth Avenue penthouse than a bed. They’re sharp enough to suggest they’ve been freshly pressed, not actually slept in. They set the tone perfectly: relaxed, luxurious, slightly performative.
