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Jan 25, 2012 · I know a novel that begins: “This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” 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.
Jan 31, 2012 · Here, what we learn of Albert’s past and the reasons for his life-long masquerade as a man come from stories Albert shares with Hubert Page (Janet McTeer). Page is a housepainter with a similar life, with whom Albert is forced to share his bed for a night at the hotel.
Feb 2, 2012 · Haunting and sad, Albert Nobbs tells the tale of a woman who disguises herself as a man in order to survive in 19th Century Ireland. A “labor of love” and a “dream fulfilled,” Oscar nominee Glenn Close, who co-wrote the screenplay, tried to get Albert Nobbs made into a film for 30 years.
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 CloseWonAlbert, illegitimate, abandoned and brutally abused as a girl in a squalid London slum, disguised herself as a boy for safety and employment. She has lived in constant terror of exposure and...
Dec 9, 2011 · She also studied the sad-tramp circus clown Emmett Kelly and Charlie Chaplin, influences reflected in Albert’s baggy pants, splayed feet and elongated shoes.
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establishes the sad mood and the film’s delicate, hard-to-pin-down tone – it’s a melodrama, but it’s also a comedic genre satire – the script starts to pile on the complications.
