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Shame

  • 1988
  • R
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
637
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Shame (1988)
A lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks. She then becomes involved in helping teenage Lizzie, who has been recently date-raped by the son of a wealthy,  well-known citizen.
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Asta Cadell, a lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks down and shacks up with Tim Curtis, the local ... Read allAsta Cadell, a lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks down and shacks up with Tim Curtis, the local mechanic, while fixing it. She then becomes involved in helping Curtis' teenage daughter, ... Read allAsta Cadell, a lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks down and shacks up with Tim Curtis, the local mechanic, while fixing it. She then becomes involved in helping Curtis' teenage daughter, Lizzie, who has been recently date-raped by Danny Fiske, the son of a wealthy, well-known ... Read all

  • Director
    • Steve Jodrell
  • Writers
    • Beverley Blankenship
    • Michael Brindley
  • Stars
    • Deborra-Lee Furness
    • Tony Barry
    • Simone Buchanan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    637
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steve Jodrell
    • Writers
      • Beverley Blankenship
      • Michael Brindley
    • Stars
      • Deborra-Lee Furness
      • Tony Barry
      • Simone Buchanan
    • 15User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Deborra-Lee Furness
    Deborra-Lee Furness
    • Asta Cadell
    Tony Barry
    Tony Barry
    • Tim Curtis
    Simone Buchanan
    Simone Buchanan
    • Lizzie Curtis
    Gillian Jones
    • Tina Farrel
    Peter Aanensen
    Peter Aanensen
    • Sgt. Wal Cuddy
    Margaret Ford
    • Norma Curtis
    David Franklin
    David Franklin
    • Danny Fiske
    Bill McCluskey
    • Ross
    • (as Bill McClusky)
    Allison Taylor
    • Penny
    Phil Dean
    • Gary
    Stig Wemyss
    Stig Wemyss
    • Bobby
    • (as Graeme 'Stig' Wemyss)
    Douglas Walker
    • Andrew
    Matthew Quartermaine
    Matthew Quartermaine
    • Brian
    Matt Hayden
    • Wayne
    Warren Jones
    • Bruce
    Faith Clayton
    • Dulcie
    Mandy Henning
    • Rita
    Julie Hudspeth
    • Fay
    • Director
      • Steve Jodrell
    • Writers
      • Beverley Blankenship
      • Michael Brindley
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    • Trivia
      The film's director Steve Jodrell has said: ''No-one really wanted to touch it because they couldn't work out what it was about. It was not quite entertaining; it was a little bit too art-house; it was a message film, and yet Michael and Beverly Blenkinship had always designed the film as a kind of B grade drive-in movie. They did not want it to end up in an art-house circuit. They wanted it to be an action flick that had some things to say in it, so that they get to the kind of demographic that they were appealing to, which was young teenagers and people in their twenties - and actually hoping the girls would drag the men along and, therefore, get across what they wanted to say.''
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    User reviews15

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    Moving, poignant and believable
    Powerful but restrained acting highlights this story of a lawyer who happens upon a family whose daughter has been blamed for her own gangrape, on the old theory that she must have asked for it. The characters gradually and quite believably overcome their natural tendencies toward denial and passivity in the face of overwhelming circumstances. There is a refreshing absence of crusading spirit and rhetoric such as you usually get in films dealing with themes of this kind. Rather, quiet, inner heroism emerges quite naturally from the various characters as they deal with the specific problems that have come upon them. Beautifully done, wonderfully and subtly acted. Watch it.
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    • Apr 17, 2004

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Schande
    • Filming locations
      • Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia(the town)
    • Production companies
      • Barron Entertainment
      • UAA Films
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    • Budget
      • A$1,650,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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