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But Albert Nobbs isn't a homosexual of any description; life would be simpler if she were. One day, Hubert Page ( Janet McTeer) arrives to do some house painting. Hubert is tall, lanky, smokes a lot, kids around, and is obviously (to our eyes) a woman. She gets by on personality and nerve.
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 ...
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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Albert Nobbs. Albert Nobbs is a 2011 British-Irish drama film directed by Rodrigo García and starring Glenn Close. The screenplay, by Close, John Banville, and Gabriella Prekop, is based on a 1927 novella by George Moore, which had been earlier adapted as a play in which Close starred Off-Broadway in 1982. Albert Nobbs (Close) is a butler at ...
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 ...
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Dec 19, 2011 · Caution: Some spoilers ahead. Albert Nobbs is a passion project for Glenn Close. The actress first starred as the cross-dressing protagonist in the Broadway play in 1982 and has wanted to turn it into a feature film ever since. After securing financing last year, it came to fruition and the final product is well worth …
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Jan 27, 2012 · 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. In poverty-racked 19th-century Ireland, Albert was born the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy woman who didn’t want her.
