15 December 2009

Disgrace - Out December 4th



This is the compelling adaptation of the acclaimed novel by J.M. Coetzee.

It is a story of a 52 year old Romantic Literature professor who is caught having an affair with a mixed-race student. Because they live in post-Apartheid South Africa this is seen as a huge scandal, forcing the professor to leave the city for a remote farm to stay with his daughter. Unable to escape the realities of contemporary society, a vicious attack by three black men leaves them re-evaluating the definitions of victim and victimizer and oppressed and oppressor. It is a powerful and disturbing film.

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