2018 · drama · comedy · history
The Favourite
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos2h 0m2018
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
Our read: The Favourite (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · comedy · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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Sombre, steady, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- inventive
- bleak
- signature
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