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category:
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date: '2024-02-07'
description: cousins competing for queen anne's affection and political power—lanthimos filming weisz and stone's escalating war through fisheye lenses and candlelight, colman's fragile monarch ping-ponging between them, 18th century court where love and manipulation are the same currency and everyone loses.
director: Yorgos Lanthimos
id: the-favorite
modified: 2026-06-05 15:08:19 GMT-04:00
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rating: 7.5
status: to watch
studio: element pictures
tags:
  - r/politics
  - comedy
  - absurdism
title: The Favorite
year: 2018
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
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