Category: Year: 2019
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The Favourite. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2019
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite explores the life of Queen Anne and the competition between her servants Abigail and Sarah to become her ‘favourite’. The film uses comedy to provide an alternative depiction of the often idealised royal courts, creating an image of debauchery and cruelty instead. Whilst the film focuses on the relationship between these…