The Help

Theatrical - Wide 2011-08-09

Cast Emma Stone Viola Davis Bryce Dallas Howard Octavia Spencer Jessica Chastain
Directed by Tate Taylor
Written by Tate Taylor

Box Office Gross: $216,600,000

Running Time: 146 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures

Genres: Drama

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Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family’s struggles with money and... See more her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around “the help”; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

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