A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 50 wins & 94 nominations total
Charisse Bellante
- Live Chat Woman
- (as Charisse Merman)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first time Michael Fassbender saw the film was with his father Josef. Both were relieved that his mother Adele could not make the screening.
- GoofsWhen Brandon is on the subway looking at the woman we see Fulton behind him on the wall of the subway tunnel. The train moves and a few minutes have passed. Next, when the woman exists the train and he follows her, we see that they are again at Fulton station.
- Quotes
Sissy Sullivan: We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place.
- Crazy creditsNo opening credits apart from the movie's title.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksAria from the Goldberg Variations
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Glenn Gould
Courtesy of Sony Masterworks and the Glenn Gould Estate
Licensed by Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd
Featured review
Michael Fassbender's commitment is overwhelming. He must trust his director, implicitly. Good for him. Very rarely we've been exposed to so much sex without an ounce of erotic flavors. Well, that was not the intention, clearly. This is a remarkably serious film about addiction.To make matters even darker I had seen Michael Fassbender as Jung only a few days before. What an actor! Now I feel I'm as familiar with his anatomy as Mrs. Fassbender must be. I must admit the film stayed with me because within its mathematical coldness there is a palpable element of horror. Was it me or Fassbender shows the face of death in one of the many sexual occasions? Chilling really. I will take my chances and recommend it, as long as you don't take your children - I guess you can't NC17 - or your grandparents.
- littlemartinarocena
- Dec 8, 2011
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- Also known as
- Shame: deseos culpables
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,909,002
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $361,000
- Dec 4, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $19,126,823
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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