The Help DVD 2011 A Segítség / Directed by Tate Taylor / Starring: Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney

UPC 5996514013184

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Hungarian HOH

Total Runtime: 141 minutes

English Summary:

The Help is a 2011 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 and novel recount the story of a young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan.^[3] The story focuses on her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. In an attempt to become a legitimate journalist and writer, Skeeter decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids, exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families. Black domestic workers in 1960s America were referred to as "the help", hence the title of the journalistic expose, the novel and the film.

In 1963, Aibileen Clark is an African-American maid in Jackson, Mississippi. She works for socialite Elizabeth Leefolt and cares for the Leefolts' daughter Mae Mobley, whom Elizabeth neglects. Aibileen's best friend and fellow maid Minny Jackson works for Mrs. Walters, whose daughter Hilly Holbrook leads the women's socialite group.

Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a recent graduate of Ole Miss and an aspiring writer, is a friend of Elizabeth. Skeeter is uncomfortable with her social circle's racist attitudes toward their maids, including Hilly's insistence on installing separate bathrooms for the help. Skeeter learns that her mother Charlotte fired Constantine, the maid who raised Skeeter, and decides to write a book of interviews with African-American maids working for white families.

Minny is fired by Hilly for using the guest bathroom and is rendered unemployable, but finds a job with Celia Foote, a housewife ostracized by the other socialites. Celia treats Minny with respect and they become friends, but keep Minny's employment secret from Celia's husband Johnny, who is Hilly’s former beau. Celia suffers a miscarriage, and reveals to Minny that she has had two previous miscarriages.

Hungarian Summary:

A déli városkában csendes, nyugodt az élet, mindaddig, amíg három bátor nő meglepő, és tiltott barátságba nem kezd. Ailibeen Clark fekete nő, aki világ életében fehér gyerekek dajkájaként dolgozott. Minny Jackson szintén színes bőrű, munkanélküli. A trió harmadik tagja Eugenia Phelan, frissdiplomás fiatal fehér nő. A kimondatlan helyi szabályok tiltják a barátságukat, de ők mindenkivel szembeszállnak egymásért.

Cast / Szereplők:

Main 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

Supporting cast