![]() ![]() James Smith as Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin.Joe Alwyn as Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham.Nicholas Hoult as Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.Emma Stone as Abigail Hill (later Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham).She gradually pulls Abigail's hair as Abigail winces and begrudgingly massages her. Anne, now very sick, sees what Abigail is doing, forces herself out of bed and angrily orders Abigail to kneel and massage her leg. One day, she abuses one of Anne's rabbits. With Sarah gone and her position secure, Abigail begins to ignore Anne while indulging in society and openly having affairs. Hurt that she did not receive the expected apology, Anne uses Abigail's claims about the embezzlement as an excuse to exile Sarah and her husband. Sarah's letter arrives but is intercepted by Abigail, who burns it. When Abigail, who has been promoted to Keeper of the Privy Purse, presents "evidence" that Sarah had been embezzling money, Anne does not believe her. Godolphin convinces Anne to mend her relationship with Sarah, persuading Sarah to send a letter that Anne eagerly awaits. Sarah, remorseful, burns the letters, but Anne nevertheless sends her away. Sarah issues an ultimatum to Anne: change her stance on the war and send Abigail away or Sarah will disclose her correspondence with Anne that details their sexual relationship. When Sarah returns, Abigail offers her a truce but is rejected. Abigail then helps Harley to influence the Queen's decisions about the war. Anne, thinking Sarah has abandoned her, takes Abigail into her favour and allows her to marry Colonel Masham, thereby reinstating Abigail's noble standing as a Baroness. She drugs Sarah's tea and Sarah awakens in a brothel. Knowing she has gained a powerful enemy and desperate to be a lady again, Abigail reconsiders Harley's offer. Sarah finds out and unsuccessfully tries to remove her. Abigail refuses and tells Sarah, implying that she knows about their secret.Ībigail kindles a friendship with Anne that becomes sexual. Harley asks Abigail to spy on Sarah and the Queen, hoping to circumvent Sarah's authority. ![]() ![]() One night, Abigail witnesses Sarah and the Queen having sex. Sarah has Abigail whipped for entering the Queen's bedroom without permission but appoints her Lady of the Bedchamber after realising the herbs have helped the Queen. After seeing the Queen's gout, Abigail forages for herbs for her. She is forced to do menial work as a scullery maid in the palace. Her standing has been tainted by her father, who gambled her away in a game of whist. Sarah's efforts to control Anne are undermined by Robert Harley, the Leader of the Opposition.Ībigail Hill, Sarah's impoverished younger cousin, arrives in search of employment. Her confidante, advisor, and furtive lover Sarah Churchill effectively rules the country through her influence over the Queen. Queen Anne is in poor health she shows little interest in governing, preferring activities such as playing with her 17 rabbits, surrogates for the children she miscarried or who died in infancy. In 1705 Great Britain is at war with France. Since then, it has been cited as among the best films of the 2010s and of the 21st century. The American Film Institute named the film one of the top ten films of 2018. It won ten British Independent Film Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and eight European Film Awards, and Colman won Best Actress at each of those ceremonies, as well as the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, and others. The Favourite received widespread critical acclaim, especially for the performances of the three leads and Lanthimos' direction, and it won or was nominated for numerous awards, including ten Academy Award nominations, tying Roma for the most nominations of any film at that year's ceremony. Produced at a cost of $15 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $95 million worldwide. It was theatrically released in the United States on 23 November 2018 by Fox Searchlight Pictures, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 January 2019. The film premiered on 30 August 2018 at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Colman. Principal photography for the British–Irish–American production lasted from March to May 2017 and took place at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire and at Hampton Court Palace. Set in early 18th-century Great Britain, the film's plot examines the relationship between cousins Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ( Rachel Weisz), and Abigail Masham ( Emma Stone) as they vie to be court favourite of Queen Anne ( Olivia Colman). The Favourite is a 2018 period black comedy film co-produced and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. ![]()
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