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Sunday 28th March 5:00 PM

Disgrace 

Director: Steve Jacobs Country: Australia/South Africa
Cert: 15 Year: 2008 Length: 119 mins
Disgrace

Programme Notes

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Audience Reaction

Score: 73.88% Attendance: 114

Links

  • More details on this film at the Internet Movie Database

Synopsis

Starring in this exciting adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee is John Malkovich, playing the 52-year-old professor who takes a beautiful young student under his wing and into his bed. This is post-Apartheid South Africa, the student is of mixed race, and scandal erupts... Director and writer (a husband and wife team) have distilled Coetzee's tough novel into a focused, absorbing meditation on race, class, history, sex and the quest for reconciliation . It is a disquieting work to watch (none of Coetzee’s punches are pulled, although most of the violence
happens off-screen). Excellent acting from Malkovich, Jessica Haines and a fine supporting cast.

Critics

open_quote Mr. Malkovich is one of the few actors capable of conveying genuine intellectual depth. close_quote N Y Times


open_quote Steve Jacobs has succeeded beautifully in integrating the story into the grand landscape of South Africa. close_quote J.m. Coetzee


open_quote Disgrace is a creditable, serious film which is driven along by its viscerally gripping plotline. close_quote Theo Tait, The Guardian


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Keswick Film Club won the Best New Film Society at the British Federation Of Film Societies awards in 2000.

Since then, the club has won Film Society Of The Year and awards for Best Programme four times and Best Website twice.

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