Shame

1988
R
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

767

YOUR RATING

A lawyer traveling through the Australian Outback on holiday, stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks. She then becomes involved in helping teenage Lizzie, who has been recently date-raped by the son of a wealthy, well-known citizen.

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Crime Drama

A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.

Director
- Steve Jodrell
Writers
- Beverly Blankenship
- Michael Brindley
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

767

YOUR RATING

Director
- Steve Jodrell
Writers
- Beverly Blankenship
- Michael Brindley
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins

Trivia
Co-screenwriter Michael Brindley said in an interview with David Stratton in his book 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry' (1990): ''Women still come up to us and thank us for writing a film that means so much to them, it really did touch a lot of people.''

Connections
Featured in Century of Cinema: 40,000 years of dreaming (1996)

Soundtracks
He's My Man
Composed and Arranged by Lucky Oceans

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Review

Featured review

10/10

beautifully done and unexpected

It's funny i normally watch a trailer before i watch the movie but i saw this on prime and just automatically saw the blurb and i took a chance i am so glad I did! An amazing cast, it was so real and brought such important struggles to life that girls and women and men struggle with on a daily basis i didn't expect that ending at all i was just left in shock and crying my eyes out, just fantastic!