Disgrace
- 2009
- Australia/South Africa
- 118 min
- 15
- Directed by: Steve Jacobs
- Cast: Eriq Ebouaney, Jessica Haines, John Malkovich
Adapted from JM Coetzee's acclaimed novel, this presents a suitably stark vision of post-apartheid South Africa. Commendably, the filmmakers haven't attempted to turn the source material into a liberal, feel-good parable, and Malkovich's middle-aged professor is a compelling blend of intellectual arrogance, predatory instinct and physical vulnerability.
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Disgrace
4 Dec 2009
(15) 118min A white, middle-aged professor of literature at a Cape Town university, David Lurie (John Malkovich) is forced to leave his job, following an affair with a mixed-race student (Antoinette Engel). At the disciplinary hearing the divorced…
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