Disgrace is an Australian film set in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, adapted for the screen by Anna Maria Monticelli from the 1999 J. M. Coetzee novel, Disgrace. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...

, where it was awarded the Prize of the International Critics.

The film was directed by Monticelli's husband, Steve Jacobs

Steve Jacobs

Steve Jacobs is an American born film director and actor. He directed the movie La Spagnola , which was written and produced by Monticelli. In 2008 he directed John Malkovich in a film adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace, again produced and adapted by Monticelli. It premiered at the...

, and stars John Malkovich

John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...

 alongside South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n actress Jessica Haines

Jessica Haines

Jessica Haines is an South African actress. She is best known for the 2008 film Disgrace in which she acts alongside John Malkovich. She frequently works in Johannesburg and currently lives in Kenya.-Early life and career:...

.

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews, with a 84% favorable rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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 and an average score of 71/100 at Metacritic

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. It grossed $1,166,294 at the box office in Australia, and $2,122,574 worldwide.