Shame
There's no easy way to shake off Shame. It gets in your head.
Shame
Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their painful shared past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.
Named by the National Board of Review one of the Top 10 Independent Films of the year.
Winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association prize for Best Actor of 2011 (for A Dangerous Method, Shame, Jane Eyre and X-Men: First Class).
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama).
Named by the National Board of Review one of the Top 10 Independent Films of the year.
Winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association prize for Best Actor of 2011 (for A Dangerous Method, Shame, Jane Eyre and X-Men: First Class).
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama).
Genre
Drama
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Runtime
101
Language
English
Director
Steve McQueen
Cast
Michael Fassbender,
James Badge Dale
Awards:
Winner, ‘CinemAvvenire' Award ~ Best Film, Venice Film Festival
Winner, FIPRESCI Prize ~ Best Film, Venice Film Festival
Winner, Volpi Cup ~ Best Actor, Venice Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
Winner, One of the Ten Top Independent Films of the Year, National Board of Review
Winner, Best Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
In France, they call an orgasm "the little death." In "Shame," Steve McQueen's mournful portrait of an addict hitting rock bottom, Michael Fassbender plays a man committing suicide by accumulation, seeking self-annihilation through the compulsive pursuit of sex. But what movies so often relegate to ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 12.25.11 - 1.19.12
NoHo 7 1.20.12 - 2.02.12
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