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 (Caitriona Balfe), housekeeper to the widowed Lord de Whithers (Anthony Hopkins), captivates a visitor — the writer Daphne Du Maurier (Emma Laird). 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, Caitriona Balfe, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Laird