"The Favourite": The one who is favored always has nothing to fear

Angelita 2022-03-21 09:01:39

People who have not fully understood the word "cherish" will be arrogant and arrogant, relying on other people's preference and wantonly hurt, and the final result can only be loss. The more you can't get it, the more you want it, and the easier it is to get it, don't worry about it.

It is said that three women are in one play, and this "The Favourite" brought today completely interprets this sentence. The love-hate relationship of the three women, who played with men and politics, intrigues and crosses Chencang, staged a large-scale palace fight.

The film is set in the early 18th century at war between England and France, and a sickly Queen Anne takes the throne.

Anne, who has no opinion or ability to govern, is actually the puppet of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, who actually controls the country.

The seemingly kind but ambitious maid Abigail broke the harmonious relationship between the queen and Sarah. In order to regain his noble status, Abigail tries to win the favor of the queen and drive Sarah away.

The pampered and arrogant Abigail reveals her true nature, and finally finds that she is nothing more than a plaything for the queen.

Love has limits. "I love you, but I won't do this. Love has a limit." Sarah always refused indifferently to the Queen's unreasonable demands, and she always spoke bluntly about the Queen's exaggerated makeup.

Sarah understands that the Queen is a woman who needs to be loved and coaxed, and that she is the only bedside person trusted by the Queen.

On the contrary, Abigail never refuted and knew that he would like the queen. It seems that he is ambitious without desire and reality. When Sarah felt the crisis, it was too late.

People who don't love will say nice things. The ancients said: Faithful words are good for deeds. People who love you the most often say the harshest words, and those who don't love you will obey in every possible way.

In a way, Sarah loves the queen more, but her purpose is not pure, she holds political power and manipulates the queen.

Under the mask of wanting nothing, Abigail married Colonel Masham to become a nobleman, and used a plan to drive away Sarah to become the Queen's new darling. Abigail, who looked like a villain, revealed her true nature. In the end, the queen asked her to kneel and rub her legs, only to realize that she was just a plaything of the queen.

"The Favourite" is a very entertaining tragicomedy film. The biggest highlight is the three heroines' dramas on the same stage, which makes the content of the film more layered. I believe that everyone has a different understanding of who is the darling of the self-enclosed queen and the two maids who are pregnant with each other.

The Favourite (2018)
7.5
2018 / Ireland UK US / Drama Comedy Biography / Yorgos Lanthimos / Olivia Colman Emma Stone

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The Favourite quotes

  • Lady Sarah: You are dismissed from my service. Go back to Mrs Meg tell her to find you a position in the scullery. And if she asks why, tell her 'Because I am a disloyal little bitch'.

  • Queen Anne: She is my servant, she is not dismissed. I have made her my Maid of the Bedchamber.