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  7,1/10 (82724 voti)

Regista: Lee Daniels

Cast: Forest Whitaker (come Cecil Gaines), David Banner (come Earl Gaines), Michael Rainey Jr. (come Cecil Gaines, 8), LaJessie Smith (come Abraham), Mariah Carey (come Hattie Pearl)

Paese: USA   Studio: Weinstein Company, The

Durata: 132 minuti

Genere(i): Biografia, Drammatico

Codec: Unknown   

Lingua: Inglese   

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Trama: Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

Numero: 194