Disgrace
June 29th 2009 00:19
BASED on the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee, Disgrace is a brutally honest look at post-Apartheid South Africa, as seen through the eyes of a disillusioned university professor.
After getting into trouble for seducing one of his students – and refusing to apologise – David Lurie (John Malkovich) leaves his home in Cape Town and goes to visit his daughter Lucy (Jessica Haines) on a remote farm. Following a sickening crime, David tries to convince Lucy to seek relative safety in the city, but she refuses to leave, even when it transpires that her new neighbour (Eriq Ebouaney) is harbouring one of the perpetrators.
Although Malkovich’s accent falters, it doesn’t make his understated performance any less powerful, and Haines is a revelation in her first movie role. Disgrace is a confronting film with family values at its core, and a portrait of a country that still has a long way to go.
After getting into trouble for seducing one of his students – and refusing to apologise – David Lurie (John Malkovich) leaves his home in Cape Town and goes to visit his daughter Lucy (Jessica Haines) on a remote farm. Following a sickening crime, David tries to convince Lucy to seek relative safety in the city, but she refuses to leave, even when it transpires that her new neighbour (Eriq Ebouaney) is harbouring one of the perpetrators.
Although Malkovich’s accent falters, it doesn’t make his understated performance any less powerful, and Haines is a revelation in her first movie role. Disgrace is a confronting film with family values at its core, and a portrait of a country that still has a long way to go.
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