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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Albert Nobbs is a 2011 British-Irish drama film directed by Rodrigo García and starring Glenn Close. The screenplay, by Close, John Banville, and Gabriella Prekop, is based on a 1927 novella by George Moore, which had been earlier adapted as a play in which Close starred Off-Broadway in 1982.Albert Nobbs (Close) is a butler at the Morrison Hotel in late-19th-century Dublin, Ireland. However, Albert guards a secret: While he has spent the last 30 years living as a man, he was assigned female at birth. Albert's secret is discovered by Hubert Page (Janet McTeer), only for him to reveal to Albert that he is keeping the same secret about himself, living as a man after escaping an abusive husband. After seeing that Hubert lives happily with a wife, he decides to try something similar for himself by asking out maid Helen Dawes (Mia Wasikowska).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Ambiguous Ending: The film ends with Hubert promising to take care of Helen after Helen tells him that she will be separated from her son and thrown out into the street, but we never see if Hubert actually manages to avoid this.
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 Ambiguous Gender Identity: Albert and Hubert may be trans men, or simply women living as men. This is never made clear (both do call themselves women at points, but might lack the vocabulary for anything else). The scene where they try women's clothes for the first time in a long while (where they both at first are highly uncomfortable, before appearing to have fun, only to change back into their men's clothing after Albert stumbles and falls) does not help clear things up.
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 Ambiguously Gay: Hubert is married to a woman whom he loves, but it isn't clear if he's a trans man or just a woman living as a man, nor his wife's exact relationship with him (i.e. if it's sexual etc). The same can be asked of Albert, who is attracted to Helen.
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