Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Abdul

  • Director: Stephen Frears
  • Writer: Lee Hall,Shrabani Basu
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English, Urdu, Hindi, Italian, Arabic
  • Release date: October 6, 2017
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Victoria and Abdul
  • "Victoria and Abdul" is a biographical film directed by Stephen Frears, written by Lee Hale and starring Judith Olivia Dench and Ali Fazal . It was released in the UK on September 15, 2017   .
    The film according to Shrabani Basu fiction "Victoria and Abdul: The True Story About confidant of the Queen" (Victoria & Abdul: at The True Story of at The Queen's Closest Confidant) adaptation, tells the story of the development of a period of Queen Victoria reign period of old age An unexpected but true story of friendship   .

    Details

    • Release date October 6, 2017
    • Filming locations Cairngorms, Highland, Scotland, UK
    • Production companies BBC Films, Cross Street Films, Perfect World Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $21,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $22,245,070

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $158,845

    Gross worldwide

    $66,558,465

    Movie reviews

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    • By Vicky 2022-03-19 09:01:10

      Just understand from friendship

      On the whole, it is an interesting movie. The first half of the movie is relatively smooth, the style is humorous and witty, and the funny images of the nobles are vividly portrayed. The second half was a little sluggish, but since the bow tension was already fully stretched, it didn't feel dull. The director tries his best to show that the relationship between the queen and the waiter is sincere. In the boring court life, a person suddenly appears, loyal, kind and reliable, telling you that...

    • By Lukas 2022-03-18 09:01:09

      The Duchess's acting skills can't save the empty script

      In fact, I was quite looking forward to the film of the Countess at the beginning. As one of the highest-ranking actresses in the UK, she may be the only one with the highest status. The achievements of the Countess in her acting career are self-evident. Not to mention that she is currently the actor who has won the most Oliver Awards in the UK. The only person who can break her own record...

    • By Garret 2022-03-18 09:01:09

      We are all destined to grow old, we are destined to be desolate

      "I'm 81 years old. I have 9 children, 42 grandchildren, nearly a billion subjects. I have rheumatism, a prolapsed uterus, I am overly bloated, and deaf in one ear. I have met 11 prime ministers and signed 2,347 articles. Act, in power for 62 years and 234 days. I am the longest reigning monarch, responsible for 5 royal families and more than 3000 employees. I am bad-tempered, boring, gluttonous and fat, irritable and selfish and short-sighted. So. I'm disgustingly dictatorial, nothing, but...

    • By Fredrick 2022-03-17 09:01:10

      [Film Review] Victoria & Abdul (2017) 6.3/10

      Taking a revisionist tone of ridiculing British monarchy's inner circle, riddled with ingrained racism, snobbish abomination and unrelieved hostility towards Abdul Karim (Fazal), the Indian munshi (native language teacher) of Queen Victoria (Dench) and her confident,yet also repeatedly showing Abdul's blind subservience (kissing the Queen's foot) to appease...

    • By Tara 2022-03-17 09:01:10

      Allah is the best director!

      Filming such a film in this international situation is a fitting occasion.

      You colonize my country and I "fuck" your queen. (The fuck here is the kind of fuck Liang Feifei did to Liu Xing)

      I went with the mentality of watching a bad movie, after all, the name is too bad. There are also all kinds of absurdity and comics during the viewing process. But it gave one of the biggest surprises of the month.

      With the power of the entire royal family, it is impossible to shake an...

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    Movie plot

    Too long a time because reign tired of life at the court of Queen Victoria ( Judith Olivia Dench ornaments) , she met Abdul new footman at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of accession to the throne ( Ali Fazal ornaments) . The young Abdul was an office worker. He flew from India to the United Kingdom to attend the Queen's 50th anniversary celebration, but he got the Queen's attention. When the Queen questioned and...
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    Evaluation action

    The film does not magnify the ambiguous relationship between the queen and the servant, but characterizes it as a true and rare year-end friendship, creating a story of universal value that is not limited by cultural and regional differences   . (Time Net Review)
    The film, an apparently anti-racist film, publicly denounced palace officials who rejected Abdul because of his brown skin and Muslim beliefs. The film also tries to prove...
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    Movie quotes

    • Queen Victoria: I am cantankerous, greedy, fat, I am perhaps disagreeably attached to power, but I am anything but insane!

    • Sir Henry Ponsonby: Breakfast with the Royal Princes of Belgium. 11:00, an audience with the Sultan of Dubai, where Her Majesty will be presented with the Diamond of Oojay. Garden party where Her Majesty will receive Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, again, and Queen Liliuokalani.

      Queen Victoria: Who on Earth is she?

      Sir Henry Ponsonby: A monarch and, uh, sole Queen Regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Your Majesty. Uh, she has composed a song for you on the ukulele. Uh, but we have managed to put her off. Then you will eat with the Prime Minister and at 7:00, the banquet in the state dining room.

      Dr. Reid: And your movements, Your Majesty?

      Queen Victoria: Nothing to speak of, Dr. Reid.

      Dr. Reid: Not even during the day?

      Queen Victoria: We last moved on Sunday evening.

      Dr. Reid: I fear the celebratory dinners are taking their toll, Your Majesty. Might I suggest some Benger's mixture?

      Queen Victoria: I refuse to eat Benger's. It's baby food.

      Dr. Reid: But it is imperative, Your Majesty, that the Royal Colon receives a little roughage.

      Queen Victoria: Anything else?

      Sir Henry Ponsonby: Um, now, was Your Majesty pleased with the mohur?

      Queen Victoria: What?

      Sir Henry Ponsonby: With the mohur, the ceremonial coin. Uh, presented by the two Indian servants.

      Queen Victoria: I thought the tall one was terribly handsome.

    • [as Queen Victoria reaches for her stamp, Abdul grabs it for her instead]

      Queen Victoria: Thank you, Mr...

      Abdul Karim: Abdul. Abdul Karim.

      [Queen Victoria continues to write her letters]

      Abdul Karim: I am always writing.

      [Queen Victoria looks at him]

      Abdul Karim: In India, I'm writing, a-all day, every day.

      Queen Victoria: So in India, you are not a servant?

      Abdul Karim: No. In India, I'm writing in my very big book.

      Queen Victoria: You're writing a book?

      Abdul Karim: Yes. I'm writing every name, who they are, what they have done. This is my life. Every day, I'm writing, from morning to night.

      Queen Victoria: And this is fiction?

      Abdul Karim: No. It is the very truth.

      Queen Victoria: I don't understand. If you are an author, why are you here, uh, presenting me with the m... uh, with the m...

      Abdul Karim: Mo-Mohur.

      [Queen Victoria nods]

      Abdul Karim: It is my humble privilege to serve Her Majesty.

      [Queen Victoria smiles, then continues to write her letters]

      Abdul Karim: I was the one who chose your carpets.

      Queen Victoria: Carpets?

      Abdul Karim: Yes. The Viceroy asked Mr. Tyler, sir, but actually, it was me. Y-you have to have a very good eye for the carpets. Uh, like...

      [walks to the carpet in front of the desk]

      Abdul Karim: This is a very nice one, for example. Very, very tight knots. The art of carpets, uh, came to India from Persia with the great Emperor Akbar. The s-skill of a carpet is to bring all the different kinds of threads together and weave something we can all stand on.

      Queen Victoria: You seem to know a great deal about it.

      Abdul Karim: My family were carpet makers, but now I write in the book. Life is like a carpet. We weave in and out to make a pattern.

      Queen Victoria: That is a very beautiful image.

      Abdul Karim: Look. Here is the bird of freedom, caught forever in the design.

      Queen Victoria: So, in India, you are a poet?

      Abdul Karim: No. In India, I make a ledger of the prisoners.

      Queen Victoria: We are all prisoners, Mr. Karim.