Fastidious Albert Nobbs is living the life of a butler in the best hotel in 19th century Dublin. It's a depressing life, made all the more so by the fact that Nobbs is a woman.
I'm not saying that being a woman is depressing, but that life in Dublin as a servant must've driven the transvestites to distraction.
I say "transvestites" because there are at least two. Albert meets another who comes to work at her hotel, and learns a lot from her.
This is a fabulous film, with details every bit as gorgeous as Downton Abbey, albeit brought downmarket to Dublin levels.
But it's also a tragic film. Every second you're expecting Nobbs' secret to come out, or her to lose the money she's so carefully saving for her own tobacconist shop.
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