Albert Nobbs

Movie
Original title	Albert Nobbs
Country of production	Great Britain Ireland
original language	English
Publishing year	2011
length	113 minutes
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Director	Rodrigo García
script	Glenn Close, John Banville , Gabriella Prekop
production	Alan Moloney , Bonnie Curtis , Glenn Close, Julie Lynn
music	Brian Byrne
camera	Michael McDonough
cut	Steven Weisberg
occupation
Glenn Close : Albert Nobbs Antonia Campbell-Hughes : Emmy Mia Wasikowska : Helen Dawes Janet McTeer : Hubert Page Pauline Collins : Margaret 'Madge' Baker Maria Doyle Kennedy : Mary Mark Williams : Sean Casey James Greene : Patrick Serena Brabazon : Mrs. Moore Michael McElhatton : Mr. Moore Dolores Mullally : Milady Bonnie McCormack : Miss Shaw Phyllida Law : Mrs. Cavendish Brendan Gleeson : Dr. Holloran Kenneth Collard : Monsieur Pigot Judy Donovan : Madame Pigot Jonathan Rhys Meyers : Viscount Yarrell Phoebe Waller-Bridge : Viscountess Yarrell Emerald Fennell : Mrs. Smythe-Willard John Light : Mr. Smythe-Willard Daniel Costello : Mr. Sweeney Angeline Ball : Mrs. Gilligan Philip O'Sullivan : Mr. Gilligan Aaron Johnson : Joe Brenda Fricker : Polly Bronagh Gallagher : Cathleen

Albert Nobbs is a 2011 Irish-British drama film starring Glenn Close and directed by Rodrigo García . The film is based on a short story by George Moore .

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Albert Nobbs works as a butler at Mrs. Baker's hotel in 19th century Dublin. Behind the facade of the introverted, hard-working and thrifty man is in reality a woman who sees her only chance in changing roles to survive without a family and a husband. When she has to share her bed with the house painter Hubert Page for one night, she thinks her masquerade is in danger, until it turns out that Page is also a woman. Albert's courtship for Helen Dawes, with whom he wants to start his own business and be married, is complicated by the arrival of Joe, who wants to emigrate to America with Helen.

Reviews

"Stylishly staged historical drama that illuminates the gender issue from different angles and grants its protagonists an ambivalent attitude."

- Lexicon of international film

“Albert Nobbs” is, if you only look at the names, a film from the best family. István Szabó, who was originally to direct the film, wrote the story, and Irish writer John Banville wrote the screenplay with Glenn Close. And Rodrigo García is the son of Gabriel García Márquez. If great cinema were a question of parentage, a masterpiece should have been created here. So one can comfort oneself with the prospect that Glenn Close has her dream role behind her now, like Nicole Kidman with a wrong nose in “The Hours”. The game continues. "

- Andreas Kilb : Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Awards

The film was nominated in three categories at the 2012 Academy Awards:

• Best Actress - Glenn Close
• Best Supporting Actress - Janet McTeer
• Best makeup - Martial Corneville , Lynn Johnston, and Matthew W. Mungle

At the 2012 Golden Globe Awards , the film was nominated for Best Actress (Glenn Close), Best Supporting Actress (Janet McTeer) and Best Movie ( Lay Your Head Down ), but couldn't win any of the awards. Glenn Close was named Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2011. Albert Nobbs received an audience award at the homochrom film festival in Cologne and Dortmund in 2012.

Web links

• Albert Nobbs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Albert Nobbs Review in: The Guardian
• Albert Nobbs atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albert Nobbs. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Andreas Kilb: A woman is not a woman. FAZ, September 25, 2013, accessed on October 3, 2013 (video film review). 
3. ↑ cf. goldenglobes.org , accessed February 13, 2012.
4. ↑ cf. List of Winners on tiff-jp.net , accessed February 13, 2012.
5. ↑ Audience Awards 2012 . homochrome. Retrieved May 20, 2015.