# Disgrace (2008)

> A disgraced Cape Town academic confronts personal culpability and the brutal moral ambiguities of post-apartheid South Africa on his daughter’s vulnerable farm.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7078

## Facts

- Runtime: 120 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: Steve Jacobs
- Cast: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Ériq Ebouaney, Fiona Press, Antoinette Engel, Natalie Becker, Antonio Fisher, Isabella De Villiers
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445953/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: disturbing, austere, melancholic, serious film night, literary adaptation viewing

## Synopsis

A professor's fall from grace leads to a harrowing confrontation with his past and the present.

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