The Favourite (2018)
Director:
Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors:
Queen Anne
Lady Sarah
Queen’s Maid
Sarah’s Maid
Abigail
Rating:
(260’077 votes)
(260’077 votes)
Quotes:
« Lady Sarah: Abigail has done this. She does not love you.
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« Queen Anne: Because how could anyone? She wants nothing from me. Unlike you.
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« Lady Sarah: She wants nothing from you. And yet somehow she is a lady. With 2000 a year, and Harley sits on your knee most nights.
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« Queen Anne: I wish you could love me as she does!
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« Lady Sarah: You wish me to lie to you? "Oh you look like an angel fallen from heaven, your majesty." No. Sometimes, you look like a badger. And you can rely on me to tell you.
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« Queen Anne: Why?
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« Lady Sarah: Because I will not lie! That is love!
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« Queen Anne: Some wounds do not close; I have many such. One just walks around with them and sometimes one can feel them filling with blood.
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« Queen Anne: Did you just look at me?
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[the servant shakes his head sideways]
« Queen Anne: Did you? Look at me! Look at me!
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[the servant looks at her]
« Queen Anne: How dare you! Close your eyes!
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Trailer:
International Trailer
Runtime:119 minutes
Plots:
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
In the early 18th century, England is at war with France; nevertheless, duck-racing and pineapple-eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics, or rabbit stand in her way.
In early 18th-century England, against the backdrop of the costly War of the Spanish Succession, Abigail Hill, a mud-covered former aristocrat, arrives at the palace to beg for a job. Instead, Abigail finds the ailing Queen Anne mostly tending to her furry herd of rabbits, replaced by Sarah Churchill, the petulant monarch’s faithful confidante and the one subtly running the country. But fortune favours the bold. And soon, the castle’s newest scullery maid spots a golden opportunity to restore her status. As the ferocious antagonists vie for the attention of the sad empress, rapacious ambition, creative emotional manipulation, and hidden personal agendas get in the way. After all, only one can win the coveted title of the lonely ruler’s intimate. So, what will it take for the silent rivals to become Queen Anne’s all-time favourite?
