Saturday, September 01, 2018

#Venezia75 – La Biennale di Venezia - Film Festival – The Favorite - Yorgos Lanthimos


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#Venezia75 – La Biennale di Venezia - Film Festival
The Favorite - Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos’s film is set in the early 18th century. England is at war with the French. 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 a 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 fulfil her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
The Main Cast - Olivia Colman, Emma Stone above, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn.

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Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman

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Yorgos Lanthimos
director

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Olivia Colman
Contessanally – sumptuous sets  - Wonderful costumes by Sandy Powell – Camp - Very Brit - 7/10

 
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