Wednesday 15 February 2012

Albert Nobbs (2011)

Hard times breed hard folk. Or folk more willing to transgress boundaries.

Albert Nobbs is really a woman in drag who finds herself inspired settle down with a girl and get respectably married.

Far more tragic than the stage adaptation, Nobbs is an ideal companion piece to Remains of the Day, which features a protagonist who is simultaneously trapped and liberated by his choices.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 15 February 2012.

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