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Albert tells Hubert the story of his life: born illegitimate and then abandoned, Albert was adopted by a Mrs. Nobbs and educated in a convent before being expelled after his mother died. One night, aged 14 and still living as a girl, Albert was brutally gang-raped and beaten by a group of men.
AwardCategoryRecipientResultNominatedNominatedMartial CornevilleLynn JohnstonMatthew W.NominatedAARP's Movies for Grownups AwardsBest ActressGlenn CloseWonJan 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.
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' is set in the late nineteenth century in Dublin and focuses on Glenn Close as Albert, a woman who works as a servant at the Morrison Hotel and who's been pretending to be a man since the age of 14.
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
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Jan 26, 2012 · The answer comes when Albert relays his life story to a house painter named Hubert Page, played by Janet McTeer; Hubert, too, was born a woman, but left her husband and made a similar choice to...
