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Shame

Name: Shame
Director: Steve McQueen
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-10-02
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie, Lucy Walters

2011 · 1h 42m · Drama

IMDb 7.2 Metacritic 72 RT 79%

Watch it tonight if you're ready for a raw, unflinching character study—Shame is a provocative masterpiece from director Steve McQueen with a career-best performance from Michael Fassbender that refuses to look away from addiction and trauma. Skip it if you want entertainment or comfort; this is deliberately bleak, deeply uncomfortable, and demands an active viewer.

Plot

Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.

Director: Steve McQueen

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie, Lucy Walters

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