Glenn Close
Albert Nobbs
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Albert Nobbs is a 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 at the ...
- €6 million ($7.5 million approx.)
- 2 September 2011 (Telluride)
- Brian Byrne
- Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, John Goff
Feb 22, 2012 · Albert Nobbs is a butler who poses as a man to survive in late 19th-century Ireland. The film, based on a novel by John Banville, stars Glenn Close, who also co-wrote the screenplay and produced.
- (25K)
- Drama, Romance
- Rodrigo García
- 2012-02-22
Albert Nobbs is a 2011 drama/romance film starring Glenn Close as a woman who disguises herself as a man in 19th-century Ireland. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, and explores themes of identity, love and loneliness.
- (741)
- Rodrigo Garcia
- R
- Glenn Close
Jan 25, 2012 · A sad and realistic film about a woman who passes as a man to work as a butler in 19th century Dublin. Glenn Close gives a brave and Oscar-nominated performance as Albert Nobbs, who dreams of having a shop and a wife, but faces many challenges and dangers.
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Sep 12, 2011 · Albert Nobbs seems a deeply weird – perhaps even too freaky – chap, with his odd appearance and titchy figure and strangled voice and unwillingness to socialise.
A film about a woman who poses as a man to work as a butler in a hotel and falls in love with two men in 19th-century Dublin. The film explores themes of gender identity, social class, and romance in a historical context.
