Lee Daniels' The Butler

Lee Daniels' The Butler 2013

7.7/10

NETFLIX Rating : 4.1

IMDB Rating : 7.2

FD Smart Rating : 7.7

Synopsis : The life of a White House butler who served under eight presidents unfolds against a backdrop of unparalleled change in American history.

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Directors:

Lee Daniels

Actors:

Forest Whitaker , David Banner , Michael Rainey Jr. , LaJessie Smith

Creators:

Danny Strong , Wil Haygood

Languages:

Spanish , English , Brazilian Portuguese , English [Original] , Canadian French , Polish , Japanese , European Spanish , French , Italian , English - Audio Description

Subtitles:

Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , English , Canadian French , Polish , Romanian , Japanese , Dutch , European Spanish , Traditional Chinese , Thai , French , Italian , Bulgarian

Genres:

Biography, Drama

Release Date:

2013

Run Time:

2h12m

Maturity Rating:

some violence and disturbing image, language, sexual material, thematic elements and smoking

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.

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