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I have just finished watching one the most amazing films I have seen in a long while ...

The "man" of the title is played by Glenn Close who does a stunning performance of a man ... beautifully done

The background is that in Ireland at the turn of the century, there was so much poverty that some women started to take on a man's identity just in order to eat and live. Albert Nobbs is based on an 1895 novella by George Moore, via a 1982 stage production in which Glenn Close also starred. It took her 30 years of trying to get the film made ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... bert-nobbs

You have until this Saturday to see it, be wanred it has a real tear-jerking end to it.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/ap ... ert-nobbs#

..and yes, that pic is really Glenn Close !

thanks ever so much, I will try and watch it tonight, as there isn't much on.

It was fantastic, what superb acting by Glen Close.

I am going to try n get a second viewing in before it goes off iPlayer next weekend it is that good