To save himself and his immense gifts, Ibsen turned his back on his family as quickly as he could he learned of his father’s death some time after the fact. His artistically inclined mother was emotionally withdrawn. Born into a clan centered on the drama of male power and collapse, Ibsen was forever shamed by his father’s drinking and his inability to make a successful go of it in business. There’s a familial feel to Ibsen’s regard for the existentially troubled young woman, which is odd, given how little regard he expressed toward his own family. One senses that his love for Nora was among the more pure he had known Ibsen’s considerable ego does not inform Nora so much as support her. Hattie Morahan as Nora Helmer, Henrik Ibsen’s multilayered, optimistic, and beautifully obdurate protagonist.
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