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Jan 25, 2012 · Now here is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen, "Albert Nobbs." It is sad because a woman has chosen to lead her life in a way that is fearful and unnatural to her and must live every moment in dread. As you must know by now, Albert Nobbs ( Glenn Close in an Oscar-nominated turn) is not a man. She works as a butler and waiter in a 19th ...
Albert Nobbs is an English butler at the Morrison Hotel in late-19th-century Dublin, Ireland; his boss is Mrs. Baker. Although born female, Albert has spent the last 30 years living as a man. He has also been secretly saving money to buy a tobacconist shop to gain some measure of freedom and independence. Recently unemployed Joe Mackins arrives ...
- €6 million ($7.5 million approx.)
- 2 September 2011 (Telluride)
- Brian Byrne
- Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, John Goff
In 19th-century Ireland, painfully shy butler Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) hides an incredible secret: He is really a she. Terrified that someone will discover her identity, Albert keeps a very low ...
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- Rodrigo Garcia
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- Glenn Close
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Dec 20, 2011 · Albert Nobbs. Directed by Rodrigo García. Drama, Romance. R. 1h 53m. By A.O. Scott. Dec. 20, 2011. “Such a sweet little man,” remarks a guest at a shabby-genteel Dublin hotel, referring to a ...
- Rodrigo García
Apr 5, 2012 · Movies are so powerful because you get this big screen with a closeup and you basically are being connected to another human being. ... Albert Nobbs is based on an 1895 novella by George Moore ...
Jan 27, 2012 · Movie Review. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau observed, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Albert Nobbs is not a man. But the woman who has worn a man’s crisp waiter tuxedo for 30 years is most assuredly quiet … and full of desperation. Albert’s peculiar tale is drenched in Dickensian woe.
Jan 26, 2012 · Movie Review - 'Albert Nobbs' - Glenn Close Does More Than Pass Both Close and co-star Janet McTeer have received Academy Award nominations for their roles in the period drama. Set in Dublin ...
