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Movie poster: Shame (1988)
🎬 Movie
1988 · 94 min Drama Crime
6.1 / 10 · TMDB

Hardened prosecutor Asta Cadell leaves home for a road trip down the coast of Australia. But Cadell's relaxing ride turns tense when her motorcycle malfunctions and she makes a pit stop in a remote town. Cadell meets teen Elizabeth Curtis, who confides that she has just been raped, and Cadell helps the young woman report the crime to the authorities. When police corruption stands in the way of justice, she takes matters into her own hands.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1988
Country Australia
Genre Drama, Crime
Director Steve Jodrell
Runtime 94 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.1/10 (28 votes)

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Director Steve Jodrell constructs a narrative as a deliberate descent from civil law into primal justice. He explores the fragility of societal order in an isolated community where authority is corrupt and violence is endemic.

What lingers after viewing is a grim, unflinching portrait of vengeance as duty, not release. The film delivers a punch of bleak righteousness that is hard to shake. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Steve Jodrell

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Watch alone at night to fully absorb its tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.

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