The Favourite
2018movie
Cast. The ending of The Favourite explained. Philosophical endings vs. resolutions. A different kind of resolution.Being the favorite brings clout and sway, but it’s a role packed with non-stop stress and unpredictability. As seen in the movie, the favorite must maintain a precarious balance, constantly adapting and strategizing to retain their position. The favorite is expected to be everything the Queen wishes at any given moment, bearing the weight of the Queen’s emotional, physical, and political demands.
Lanthimos, his camera gliding through gilded corridors and down stone staircases — in exquisitely patterned light and shadow, with weird lenses and startling angles — choreographs an elaborate pageant of decorum and violence, claustrophobia and release. The law of the kingdom is mutability, signified by the many names its sovereign and her subjects are called by.The Favourite. NYT Critic’s Pick. Director. Yorgos Lanthimos. Writers. Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara.
