Disgrace

A brilliant adaptation of Coetzee's powerful book, this was another high point of my festival. Malkovich does a remarkable job with the part of the loathsome but oh-so human professor David Lurie, and his determined daughter Lucy is convincingly portrayed by Jessica Haines.

I'm getting a little tired of writing reviews, so I won't bother with a synopsis.  For those who have read the book, this is a very faithful adaptation, but through the performances, the bringing-to-life of the setting (both Cape Town and the Eastern Cape farm) , the crystalline screenplay, and the power of the story, this film has a life of its own, proving (although its clearly the exception) that great literature can be reinvented as great cinema.

Highly recommended.