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Disgrace
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Cape Town professor David Lurie blatantly refuses to defend himself for an affair with a colored student whom he gave a passing grade for an exam she didn't even attend. Dismissed, he moves to his daughter Lucy's farm, which she runs under most disadvantage terms, favoring the black locals. Yet rowdies violently robs and abuse them both, unprovoked. Lucy refuses to fight back, unlike David, who however is surprised by his own altruistic potential. Written by KGF Vissers


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David is an edgy 52 year old divorced white South African professor teaching the romantic poets when he befriends a student and they begin an affair... See more (warning! contains spoilers) »

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