The Housekeeper
Synopsis
“Everyone says I’m invented — Du Maurier’s Mrs. Danvers. But I have my own story, a soul, a life.” — Danni Danowski
Danni, housekeeper to the widowed Lord de Whithers, captivates a visitor — the writer Daphne Du Maurier. Their love affair in 1936 is passionate, forbidden, and ultimately destructive.
When ambition triumphs over intimacy, Daphne betrays Danni — stealing her words and self to create Rebecca’s Mrs. Danvers. As Daphne feeds off Danni’s life, appropriation turns to erasure.
Yet even amid loss and distortion, hope and humour endure. The Housekeeper echoes today’s social and digital thefts of private lives.
Based on Rose Tremain’s novella.
Director
Richard Eyre
Cast
Anthony Hopkins