SYNOPSIS

Disgrace stars John Malkovich in this drama based on the novel by South African author J.M Coetzee. David Lurie (Malkovich) is a self-absorbed, twice-divorced literary professor at a South African university who is forced to resign after having an affair with one of his students, Melanie (Antoinette Engel). This precipitates a near-breakdown that leads to him heading out to the bush to stay with his lesbian daughter Lucy (Jessica Haines), who shares a farm in the Eastern Cape with black co-worker Petrus (Eric Ebouaney). At first his daughter’s calming influence and the natural rhythm of farm life bring solace to David’s broken existence – but a vicious attack by a gang of black youths forces David to think about the changes in the world outside as well as his own personal crisis.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

December 04, 2009

DIRECTOR

Steve Jacobs

WRITER

J.M. Coetzee (novel) & Anna Maria Monticelli (screenplay)

COMPANY

Paladin

GENRE

Drama

CERT

15

RUNTIME

119 minutes

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