O Mordomo da Casa Branca
The Butler
dirigido por Lee Daniels
2013·2h 12min·Prime Video, Diamond Films
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Sinopse
Durante 30 anos, Cecil Gaines prestou serviços como mordomo na Casa Branca. Enquanto se torna testemunha ocular da história e das negociações de bastidores do Salão Oval - em um momento em que o movimento pelos direitos civis se propaga - sua dedicação ao trabalho alimenta tensões em casa, afastando sua esposa, Gloria, e criando conflitos com seu filho mais velho, simpatizante dos Panteras Negras. Baseado em história real.
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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 alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
