In South Africa, Harsh Losses of Privilege
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
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.
A 52-year-old man of refined tastes who still fancies himself a ladies’ man, David has been dismissed from his job at a Cape Town university after sleeping with one of his students. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (5108 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 18 settembre 2009
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