The Favourite

The Favourite is a 2018 period black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz. Set in early 18th century Great Britain, it examines the relationship between cousins Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Hill as they vie to be court favourite of Queen Anne. Principal photography took place at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire and at Hampton Court Palace, lasting from March to May 2017. 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. It was released theatrically in North America on 23 November 2018 by Fox Searchlight Pictures, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 January 2019. The film was a box office success, grossing $95 million worldwide on a $15 million budget. The Favourite received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise drawn to Lanthimos's direction, the screenplay and performances of the lead cast, 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. 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 American Film Institute named The Favourite one of the top ten films of 2018 and since its release, it has been assessed as one of the best films of the 21st century.

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Dear cousin.

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I have a letter from our aunt... and...

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I'm sorry, I did not mean to present as a...

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I fell out of a carriage.

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[SHRIEKS]

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And a man was pulling his...

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Never mind the man.

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The letter from our aunt.

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[FLIES BUZZING]

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Friends of yours?

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I'm sorry.

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Your name, girl. If we are blood, name it. - I did not? Abigail Hill. - SARAH: The Somerset Hills? The one who went mad and burnt his own house down, himself in it? Lost all his money at whist. No one bets on whist. My uncle was one of a kind. ABIGAIL: I apologize for my appearance. The staff led me here. A harmless prank of some sort, I suspect. SARAH: And you want...

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I hoped I might be employed here by you... as something. A monster for the children to play with, perhaps?

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Yes, if you like.

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[GROWLS]

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[CHUCKLES]

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[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[BELL RINGS] [MUFFLED CHEERING]

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[CHEERING CONTINUES]

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[CHEERING STOPS]

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