Tag Archives: Brenda Fricker

JDIFF 2012 REVIEW – Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) works as a butler in a Dublin hotel at the turn of the last century. His life is quiet and his ability to blend in to the background makes him exceedingly good at his job. The arrival of Hubert (Janet McTeer) into the hotel shatters Albert’s carefully ordered world and brings deep secrets to light. Continue reading

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JDIFF 2012 REVIEW – Cloudburst

An elderly lesbian couple are separated by Dot’s (Brenda Fricker) meddling and ignorant – but well-meaning – granddaughter. Stella (Olympia Dukakis) breaks her partner of 31 years out of a nursing home and the two set off on a journey to Canada and the altar. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker. Continue reading

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