The Help is a period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor and based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone. The film was released in 2011.
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
The main characters are Skeeter and two maids: her favorite, Aibileen (Viola Davis) who resurrected her and the dynamic Minny (Octavia Spencer). These three women are at the heart of an attempt to demonstrate the irrationality of racial discrimination and the inhuman face of racism. "The Help" features carefully curated main characters, who are passionately played by the actors.
In "The Help", the balance between comedy and drama is never lost. Although Mississippi is inflamed by the hypocrisy and authoritarianism of the "superior" whites, giving us some genuinely moving scenes, the struggle of the black heroes to overcome fear and testify to their personal truth holds equally funny moments.
"The Help" manages to win and excite the audience. It talks about the past in a direct and timely way, while achieving the necessary connection with the present in the viewer's consciousness.
At this point and in a comedic spirit based on a historical scene of the film, we were inspired with our proposal for a Greek traditional dessert based on chocolate and biscuits. Anyone who has seen the film will understand our way of thinking, and whoever has not seen it, we believe will laugh and trust us. The proposal of the film as well as the proposal for the sweet tie harmoniously as it is worth seeing the film -if you haven't seen it before- accompanied by the sweet lychees that we suggest to you.
We wish you to enjoy both of our proposals.
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
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Movie PlotSet in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times. |
Cast
- Emma Stone as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan
- Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark
- Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Hillary "Hilly" Walters Holbrook
- Jessica Chastain as Celia Rae Foote
- Allison Janney as Charlotte Phelan
- Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt
- Sissy Spacek as Mrs Walters
- Chris Lowell as Stuart Whitworth
- Mike Vogel as Jonathan "Johnny" Foote
- Cicely Tyson as Constantine Bates
- Anna Camp as Jolene French
- Brian Kerwin as Robert Phelan
- Aunjanue Ellis as Yule May Davis
- Ted Welch as William Holbrook
- Wes Chatham as Carlton Phelan
- Shane McRae as Raleigh Leefolt
- Roslyn Ruff as Pascagoula
- Tarra Riggs as Gretchen
- LaChanze as Rachel Bates
- Mary Steenburgen as Elaine Stein
- Leslie Jordan as Mr Blackly
- David Oyelowo as Preacher Green
- Dana Ivey as Grace Higginbotham
- Tiffany Brouwer as Rebecca
- Carol Lee as Pearly
- Carol Sutton as Cora
- Millicent Bolton as Callie
- Ashley Johnson as Mary Beth Caldwell
- Nelsan Ellis as Henry
- Emma and Eleanor Henry as Mae Mobley Leefolt
Our Review
Kathryn Stockett's best-selling book, The Help, quickly gained success. After all, both the theme and the film itself have the right recipe, combining social reflection with well-written history.The main characters are Skeeter and two maids: her favorite, Aibileen (Viola Davis) who resurrected her and the dynamic Minny (Octavia Spencer). These three women are at the heart of an attempt to demonstrate the irrationality of racial discrimination and the inhuman face of racism. "The Help" features carefully curated main characters, who are passionately played by the actors.
In "The Help", the balance between comedy and drama is never lost. Although Mississippi is inflamed by the hypocrisy and authoritarianism of the "superior" whites, giving us some genuinely moving scenes, the struggle of the black heroes to overcome fear and testify to their personal truth holds equally funny moments.
"The Help" manages to win and excite the audience. It talks about the past in a direct and timely way, while achieving the necessary connection with the present in the viewer's consciousness.
At this point and in a comedic spirit based on a historical scene of the film, we were inspired with our proposal for a Greek traditional dessert based on chocolate and biscuits. Anyone who has seen the film will understand our way of thinking, and whoever has not seen it, we believe will laugh and trust us. The proposal of the film as well as the proposal for the sweet tie harmoniously as it is worth seeing the film -if you haven't seen it before- accompanied by the sweet lychees that we suggest to you.
We wish you to enjoy both of our proposals.
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