The film starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone leads the Oscars race with 10 nominations along with Roma.
They say fact is stranger than fiction and that is certainly true of the film The Favourite.
The plot revolves around the real life relationship between Queen Anne and two women - Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Abigail Masham.Both women vied not only for Anne's affection but for political power in her court.
Starring Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, Rachel Weisz as Sarah and Emma Stone as Abigail, The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, leads the Oscars race with 10 nominations along with Roma.
One of the film's writers, Deborah Davis, came across the story in a London newspaper more than 20 years ago. She was surprised by the suggestion of a lesbian relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill and felt compelled to look into the veracity of the story.
She found original letters between Anne, Sarah and Abigail and was so convinced it would make a wonderful film that she went to film school to learn how to write a screenplay.
Fast forward two decades, she and fellow writer Tony McNamara have been nominated for the best original screenplay Oscar.
