Shame (1988)
Recommended for mature audiences
| Director: | Steve Jodrell |
| Actors: | Bill Mccluskey, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones, David Franklin |
Feisty Perth lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborra-Lee Furness Jindabyne)survives a minor motorcycle accident whilst riding through therugged Western Australian countryside and is transported toa small town with adark past. Welcomed by garage owner Tim Curtis (Tony Barry Australia) and invited to remain through her convalescence Asta encounters the backward nature of the townresidents first-hand - appalled by the sexist taunts and misogyny that seems common place and acceptable to the community at large. Threatened herself by a gang oflocal miscreants Asta discovers that Tim's young daughter Lizzie (Simone Buchanan My Brilliant Career) is the victim of a vicious gang-rape and decides to take a stand against the cruel and sinister status quo.
| Status: | LongWait |
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| Run time: | 94mins |
| Origin: | AUSTRALIA |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
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kathy
says
a good story, along the same lines as wolf creek, kept you certainally glude to the screen
Mamaluchka
says
This one is riveting and another authentic Australian gem. Asta is a very satisfying character and role to watch. She could have been easily overplayed but the director and the actress herself keep it just realistic and earthy enough to remain credible. It's the classical theme of the oppression of the underdog (whether woman, Aboriginal, black, poor) and in this movie, women and the working class strata of society in a small WA country town. Loved it!
JennyK
says
A very well done Australian movie on the old fashioned ideas of male domination in a little country backwater town, very well done. Debra Lee Furness was great on her motor bike.,