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26 December 2008 (Norway) moreTagline:
What is a mad heart?Plot:
After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics. | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win moreNewsDesk:
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What a Disgrace (From FilmInk.com.au. 24 June 2009, 10:22 PM, PDT)
Cannes 2009 Producer's Patch: Fortissimo Films
(From ioncinema. 13 May 2009)
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Story of South Africa moreCast
(Credited cast)| Paula Arundell | ... | Dr Rasool | |
| Scott Cooper | ... | Student | |
| Eriq Ebouaney | ... | Petrus | |
| Jessica Haines | ... | Lucy | |
| John Malkovich | ... | David Lurie | |
| Fiona Press | |||
| Monroe Reimers | ... | Board member | |
| Charles Tertiens | ... | Ryan |
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Canada:120 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Color:
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Revealing mistakes: The notices in the lecture theater "Mid-term test" and "Casanova - your time is over" appear to have been written by the same person. Given the professionalism adopted by the university in its investigation of Mr Laurie it does not seem plausible to suggest that one person (say, a teacher's aide) wrote both notices. moreFAQ
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A fifty-something white professor almost forcefully seduces his pretty black student who then breaks the news to his boyfriend. When the whole campus learns of the event, the unapologetic professor resigns and visits his daughter's house in the middle of nowhere in rural Africa.
The life of the professor and her daughter are forever changed after they are brutally attacked in their home by three African teenagers.
The script adapted from Coetzee's novel is plain wonderful, as each character not only is part of a dramatic story but also actors of a wider drama, that of South Africa. After the end of apartheid, rape cases of white woman by blacks had shot up. The movie picks up from there and comments on Africa's bastardized future, where past crimes lead to revenge crimes, where only other crimes force wrongdoers take responsibility and ask for forgiveness.
Directing was good, the movie told the drama with full clarity and efficiency. Acting by John Malkovich was simply great! Eriq Ebouaney was quite good, Jessica Haines as well.
I had watched this movie during Istanbul Film Festival and had the opportunity to attend a question and answer session by Malkovich. It was not about this movie but about him taking the Istanbul Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and acting in general. I was surprised to see that he was shy and modest person. In real life too, he transmits the big energy that can suddenly come out of calm.