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Endnotes

1 The Favourite is Lanthimos’ third consecutive film made in English and featuring an international cast after The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

2 Yorgos Lanthimos, quoted in Ian Freer, ‘Five Reasons to Watch , , 20 December 2018, </>, accessed 20

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