Disgrace

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Disgrace

R,

2009,

1h 58m,

Drama

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83%

60 Reviews

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62%

1,000+ Ratings

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83%

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62%

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In Cape Town, South Africa, during the final years of apartheid, David Lurie (John Malkovich), disgraced by an improper affair with a female student, decamps to live with his daughter, Lucy (Jessica Haines), on her country farm. David quickly settles into the quieter pace of rural life and begins to make peace with the scandal. But trouble erupts when a group of black youths rob the farm and rape Lucy, leading David to question his place within the social fabric of South Africa.

Critics Consensus

Featuring outstanding performances from John Malkovich and newcomer Jessica Haines, Disgrace is a disturbing, powerful drama.

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Ian Nathan

Empire Magazine

Dec 4, 2009

4/5

Surprisingly successful adaptation.

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Nina Caplan

Time Out

Dec 4, 2009

4/5

It's an enormously complicated story with great potential for reductive schmaltz, but this is avoided thanks to Anna Maria Monticelli's sharp, sensitive screenplay and superb performances.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Dec 4, 2009

3/5

It's hard to say what this solid but unadventurous film adds to Coetzee's powerful source material.

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

Oct 29, 2024

4/5

As you would expect Malkovich is at the top of his game and manages to make what most people would consider an ‘unlikeable’ character one where you are actually concerned what happens him. Nota comfortable watch but it is well worth the effort.

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Oct 11, 2019

4/5

It is Lurie's white privilege that is most disturbing...

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Times

Dec 5, 2018

3.5/4

The Nobel Prize laureate's cutting novel of sex and power in post-apartheid South Africa has been brought to the big screen with all of the loneliness and most of the intelligence of the novel intact.

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Steve Jacobs

Director

John Malkovich

David Lurie

Jessica Haines

Lucy

Eriq Ebouaney

Petrus

Fiona Press

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Antoinette Engel

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Synopsis

In Cape Town, South Africa, during the final years of apartheid, David Lurie (John Malkovich), disgraced by an improper affair with a female student, decamps to live with his daughter, Lucy (Jessica Haines), on her country farm. David quickly settles into the quieter pace of rural life and begins to make peace with the scandal. But trouble erupts when a group of black youths rob the farm and rape Lucy, leading David to question his place within the social fabric of South Africa.

Director: Steve Jacobs
Producer: Steve Jacobs, Anna Maria Monticelli
Screenwriter: Anna Maria Monticelli
Distributor: Paladin
Production Co: Fortissimo Film Sales, Wild Strawberries Pty Ltd.
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Brief Language|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $66.6K
Runtime: 1h 58m

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