The Help is a strong and captivating film, with a moving story and an important message: the racism it is not an opinion, but an evil to be eradicated and unanimously combated so that no one is a victim anymore. Protagonist of the film, based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 worldwide bestseller, three brave women and determined, who come together to make their voices heard and not to remain on the margins of society.
A film against racism
The Help, set in the XNUMXs, tells the story of African American maids who raise the children of white families in Jackson, Mississippi. Skeeter, a white girl, rich and newly graduated, wants to become a writer and starts working in a small local newspaper, where she takes care of answering housewives' mail.
Affected and deeply bothered by the climate of racism e classism that exists in the society in which he lives, he decides to write a book in which he collects the point of view of the numerous African American women who, in fact, work as servants for white families. As it is easy to guess, the young woman's work raises a real fuss, shaking the consciences of many people.
A funny and, at the same time, moving film, capable of surprising the viewer by the continuous passage from one register to another. A delicate and, unfortunately, still relevant work.
