Disgrace (2008)

120 min · Drama, Justice Drama, drama film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

Steve Jacobs

Cast

John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney, Fiona Press, Antoinette Engel, Scott Cooper

The story

David Lurie (John Malkovich) is an ageing white professor teaching Romantic literature at an unnamed university in Cape Town shortly after the end of apartheid. David has an affair with one of his students, Melanie Isaacs (Antoinette Engel). University officials learn of the incident and bring David before a disciplinary board.

Catalogue themes and tags

Abuse of Power, Apartheid, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Ban from Profession, Bestseller, Book, Cape Town, Daughter, Demonstration of Power, Entlassung, Farm, Farm Worker, Fired, Lecturer, Literatur, Lover, Moral, Power, Power Struggle, Power Takeover, Professor for Literature, Race Politics, Racial Segregation, Ranch, Social Standing, Societal Divide, Society, South Africa, Teaching, Underclass, Universität, Upper Class, Verhältnis, Drama

Genres

Drama, Justice Drama, drama film

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