Author J.M Coetzee Publisher Random HouseA divorced middle-aged English professor finds he is increasingly unable
to resist affairs with his female students and when discovered by the college authorities is expected to apologise and repent in an effort to save his job. Refusing to become a scapegoat in what he sees as a show trial, designed to reinforce a stringent political correctness, he pre-empts the authorities and leaves his job and the city, to spend time with his grown-up lesbian daughter on her remote farm. Things between them are strained and the situation becomes critical when they are the victims of a brutal and horrifying attack. Coetzee uses all his formidable skills to engage with a post-apartheid culture in unexpected and revealing ways.
Aust/South Africa 119 min Rated M Dir: Steve JacobsCast: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Paula Arundell, Eriq Ebouaney
Australian Director, Steve Jacobs, brings to the screen J. M.Coetzee’s Booker Prize winning novel “Disgrace”. David Lurie,twice-divorced and dissatisfied with his job as an English professor in post-apartheid South Africa, finds his life falling apart. When he seduces one of his students and does nothing to protect him from the consequences, he is dismissed from his teaching position. He takes refuge on his daughter’s farm in the Eastern Cape and in the aftermath of a vicious attack on the farm, he is forced to come to terms with more than his disgrace alone.
This story deals with difficult issues and complex characters. Did the Director remain faithful to the book in his adaptation. Did you empathise with the characters?
2 comments:
I had read Disgrace a long time ago and had had a lot of trouble finishing it, in a lafge part because I could not empathise with the characters. The film, however made me reread the book in that for me it did display these chracters in a raw and moving way. We understand their dilemma and their weaknesses. Even if we think we might have acted differently, both in the case of the father and thed daughter, we still feel 'on their side' so to speak. The same is true for the other characters. And through their position in the bigger south Africa, we also come to understand better the horrendous situation of South Africa at the time
Disgrace id very good movie. After a very long time, I saw some good drama movie. I can't recommend this movie to everyone as I can't sure everyone would like it or not but I really liked it very very much :]]
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