Bernard and Doris

(2006)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 100 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, телевизионный фильм

Year: 2006

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Боб Балабан

Cast: Сьюзан Сарандон, Рэйф Файнс, Peter Asher, Дон Харви, Крис Бауэр, Моник Кёрнен, Marilyn Torres, Nick Rolfe, Джеймс Ребхорн, Dominick Dunne

Plot

Tobacco heiress Doris Duke develops an unlikely friendship with her butler, Bernard Lafferty.

Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke (1912-1993) - think Duke University - and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty. The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe; the agency sends Lafferty, formerly household staff to Liz Taylor and to Peggy Lee. He's an alcoholic, fresh out of rehab. He gradually becomes Duke's gay alter ego as she romps through life sleeping with young men, making shrewd decisions quickly, managing her fortune and orchids as Lafferty manages her New Jersey estate. With a wine cellar to die for, Bernard falls off the wagon. Can he pull himself together when Doris needs him?