Disgrace (2008) NYT Critics' Pick

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John Malkovich stars in "Disgrace," a film based on the J. M. Coetzee novel and directed by Steve Jacobs.
In South Africa, Harsh Losses of Privilege
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: September 18, 2009

Midway in “Disgrace,” a faithful, compelling screen adaptation of J. M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning 1999 novel, its protagonist, David Lurie (John Malkovich), a haughty South African professor of romantic poetry, muses loftily about instinct and desire. “No animal will accept the justice of being punished for following its instincts,” he declares to his daughter Lucy (Jessica Haines) as they stroll through the arid, hilly landscape of the East Cape with three of her dogs. More