The Help
12:37 Jan 23rd, 2012 | 1 note
The Help is a film that portrays the social reality of the early ’60s, in the state Mississippi, located just south of the United States. Based on the best-selling book by Kathryn Stockett and directed by Tate Taylor, the film is a tale full of humor, realism and many emotions. This tape was not meant to be another ode to protest racism, it is much more than that. The performances of Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer ennoble the film for themselves, the chemistry between the two actresses transmits a sea of feelings by getting people to live and feel the story with them.
Skeeter, played by Emma Stone, is an aspiring journalist behind the society in which it is immersed, decides to write a book about all housekeepers who carry on their shoulders the heavy burden of a life that does not belong to them. On the other hand, Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas), manages to become that character who we don’t only dislike for its obstinacy but also hate because we know that in reality there are still and always will be people like her: selfish, manipulative and hopelessly pedantic. The Help is not only great for its great performances, staging, photography, soundtrack and adapted screenplay, it is beautiful because it shows that even though sometimes we feel that we are locked in a cage, we can still find freedom in the smallest things.
(SPOILER)
Aibileen Clark: God says we need to love our enemies. It hard to do. But it can start by telling the truth. No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me. Once I told the truth about that, I felt free. And I got to thinking about all the people I know. And the things I seen and done. My boy Treelore always said we gonna have a writer in the family one day. I guess it’s gonna be me.
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