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The Queen of Versailles

Lauren Greenfield’s controversial documentary reveals the interior lives of a wealthy timeshare mogul and his family as they set out to build the largest, most expensive single-family home in the States. Once the economy takes a dip, we watch as Westgate Resorts CEO, David A. Siegel, and his aging Barbie doll wife, Jackie, contend with their own greed while their palace sits frozen in limbo. The billionaire couple’s revolting display of excess lingers as Jackie continues her quest for youth and status, while David scrambles to revive his fading empire and chaotic home — now littered with the carcasses and excrement of his family’s neglected pets.