Disgrace

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Disgrace
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Based on the novel by J.M. Coetzee.
Special features: Disgrace: behind the scenes; interviews with cast and crew; trailer.
John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney, Fiona Press, Antoinette Engel.
Professor David Lurie is a man whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa.
Blu-ray, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS HD Master Audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Interesting history grace, sexism & racism. submitted by tonyabreu on June 14, 2014, 11:20am This movie is about the struggles of South African's tragic history of racism, abuse of power, and sex scandal that leads Cape Town College Professor "David Lurie (Malkovich)" into a direct confrontation with the lingering demons of apartheid. This educator "see himself as somewhat impervious, but he's about to bring about his own downfall due to a selfish and foolhardy relationship with a student who isn't afraid to drag their clandestine affair screaming into the light. When controversy erupts on campus as a result of the affair, David beats a hasty retreat to the countryside in order to lie low on his daughter Lucy's (Jessica Haines) remote farm in the Eastern Cape. However, David's fears for his daughter's isolation are soon confirmed when father and daughter are violently attacked by three black youths. In the aftermath of the horrific siege, David is deeply shaken to learn that one of their assailants is in fact a relative of trusted worker Petrus (Eriq Ebouaney), who lives peacefully alongside Lucy in the South African brush, and has even begun constructing a home at the edge of her property."