Movies 2011: Emma Stone stars in 'The Help', film adaptation of N. Y. Times best-selling novel - trailer

Based on one of the most talked about books in years, The Help stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard and Octavia Spencer and tells the story of "three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed—even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times."

The Help is the film adaptation of  Kathryn Stockett‘s best-selling novel of the same name. It took her 5 years to complete the book and she was rejected about 45 times before a literary agent picked her up. Since then, The Help has been published in 35 countries and it is one of New York Times' bestsellers. It also spent over a year on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list at #1.


Synopsis:

"Set in Mississippi during the late 1960s, 'The Help' follows Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan (Emma Stone) as she returns from college and lands a job writing a column on cleaning in her local paper. Not knowing anything about cleaning, Miss Skeeter must rely on her friend and maid, Aibileen (Viola Davis). After Aibileen's friend Minny (Octavia Spencer) agrees to help, this collaboration evolves into a full-blown book project with Skeeter attempting to interview the help of her friends and neighbors to tell their side of the story."

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