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Dans les années 1920, le jeune Cecil Gaines grandit avec ses parents afro-américains dans une plantation de coton à Macon dans l'État de Georgie. Un jour de récolte, sa mère est violée par le fils de la propriétaire des lieux, Thomas Westfall, et son père est tué sous ses yeux car il ose protester. Annabeth Westfall, la ...
Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.
The film departs from the facts of Allen's life. The central character, "Cecil Gaines", is only loosely based on the real Allen.
8 août 2013 · In the The Butler movie, we see Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) standing before Jackie Kennedy (Minka Kelly), who is still wearing the blood-stained pink Chanel suit that she was wearing when her husband was shot. In real life, Jackie insisted on wearing the suit for the swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson that took place aboard Air ...
16 août 2013 · Daniels’ film replaces the real Eugene Allen with the fictional Cecil Gaines, using the unique perspective of a White House butler as a jumping-off point to explore questions of race in the ...
10 sept. 2013 · Racontant le parcours exemplaire de Cecil Gaines, qui officia comme majordome à la Maison Blanche sous sept présidences, le nouveau film de Lee Daniels exalte les luttes de la...
15 août 2013 · In the movie, the White House calls Gaines after a white senior staffer witnesses Cecil in action at the D.C. hotel—a point Cecil, in voiceover, emphasizes proudly.
16 août 2013 · As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
4 août 2018 · A scene from The Butler depicting Cecil Gaines, the fictionalized version of Eugene Allen, and his response to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
21 août 2013 · The new film, which stars Forest Whitaker as the fictional butler Cecil Gaines, is not a biopic, rather a portrait of race relations through the eyes of one man.
