Shame

She smiles at him.He looks at her.She gives her an alluring glance as she crosses her legs while his glance remains fixated on her skirt.She gets up,she flaunts a big diamond ring,he follows her but she gets lost in the crowd.He sighs with exasperation,as his eyes frantically search for the stranger girl.

He has spent nights alone in his apartment,watching porn in his laptop,masturbating more than often,and avoiding his sister who calls every morning,and desperately seeks his help.He walks around at night like a predator in the body of a gentleman and hunts for women he can have sex with.He doesn't look for the warmth of a human company,he only seeks the pleasures of being entwined with a naked body.He can't sleep as he pictures his colleague naked in bed with him,but cannot approach her out of intimidation.

"Shame" is  a movie about a topic that is spoken in hush hush,a man in his 30s dealing with his sex addiction all by himself,he wants to get rid of it,but it keeps on dragging him deeper into the abyss.He alienates himself from his surrounding world where people go for relationships;instead he chooses to have cam sex with girls on porn channels,and sleep with prostitutes.He cannot have sex with the woman he actually admires,and he loathes himself for that.

He doesn't feel the need of a wife or a lover.But in his insides he is a soul in search of another soul who can understand his agony.

He keeps his sister away from his life,but eventually he has to confront her about his problems when she finds him in an inappropriate position in the bathroom.She tries to help him,and asks him to help her get through her depression,but instead he puts his feet down.He turns her away and behaves like an escapist every time she approaches him to help him out,he doesn't give a damn about her presence in his life.

But then one night when he is away from his home,in his usual hunt for women,and ends up having sex with a man,he runs back home.He cannot reach his sister,she doesn't return his calls,he feels scared of losing the only person he cares for.

She has committed suicide.He sees her hands that are bleeding,her body lying in a pool of blood,he cries and cries,holds her body against his and tries to stop the bleeding.

She survives,but he feels helpless.A man who has no one is this world except for his sister,a man who pries on women like a wolf,but has a heart inside that weeps for comfort.And love,endless love.

He breaks down,he knows the world will desert him if they know who he is,what he is.

"Shame" is a movie that speaks about those people who we call perverts,horny guys who get turned on at the sight of women,who keep loads of magazines at home,keep nude pictures of women in the closet,cannot feel comfortable with women who desire them truly,it is about those men who need psychological help,support from their families to get over this addiction.

It gives us a clearer picture of a society,that is so sophisticated in the outside,but insides they hide their disorders,their ugly habits and inhuman desires.

It encourages us to take a step forward and express ourselves,so that we don't forever live in the darkness of these hidden identities,to break the taboo around speaking about things that shouldn't be addressed in  public.

It is a movie that deserves appreciation from every viewer for making this seem natural and curable.

Thanks to Michael Fassbender,for being such a realistic portrayal of Brandon.I honestly believe he deserves more appreciation than what he has gotten till now.The amount of diligence he shows towards the art,is beyond our reach of understanding.He shows what profanity is supposed to look like,real,haunting and something that deserves sympathy and not an eye of ignorance.

Well,I personally think everyone should watch this.It's not a movie,it's a true story,of thousands of people.