Released Date:
2009-06-18
Languages:
English, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Zulu
Countries:
Australia, South Africa
Runtime:
119 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (4340 Reviews)
Director:
Steve JacobsGenres:
DramaJ.M. Coetzee (novel)
Anna Maria Monticelli (screenplay)
Cape Town professor David Lurie blatantly refuses to defend himself for an affair with a colored student whom he gave a passing grade for an exam she didn't even attend. Dismissed, he moves to his daughter Lucy's farm, which she runs under most disadvantaged terms, favoring the black locals. Yet rowdies, unprovoked, violently rob and abuse them both. Lucy refuses to fight back, unlike David, who is surprised by his own altruistic potential.
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