What Is Hitchcock's Rebecca?

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Today’s weekly film review is quite the classic, Rebecca (1940), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the same novel named Rebecca (1938) written by Daphne du Maurier.A young woman(Rebecca), working as a travel companion to a wealthy American woman(Mrs. Van Hopper) meets a dashing widower(Maxim De Winter) while staying in the same hotel in Monte Carlo. The two spend time together and after a few weeks he proposes and she accepts. Upon arrival to Maxim’s estate in Manderley Rebecca is introduced to the Mrs, Danvers, a horrible housekeeper who does nothing Hitchcock directs the film almost identically to the novel, making it incredibly easy to follow along. For new English learners, I believe it is very important to see a visual demonstration

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