Disgrace

Basic Info:

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 Jacobs

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

John Malkovich Jessica Haines Eriq Ebouaney Fiona Press

Writer:

J.M. Coetzee (novel)

Anna Maria Monticelli (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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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