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The Beach (2000)

R02/03/2000Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller1h 59m
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Somewhere on this planet it must exist.

Overview

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Leonardo DiCaprio

    Richard

  2. Cast 1

    Virginie Ledoyen

    Françoise

  3. Cast 1

    Guillaume Canet

    Étienne

  4. Cast 1

    Tilda Swinton

    Sal

  5. Cast 1

    Staffan Kihlbom

    Christo

  6. Cast 1

    Paterson Joseph

    Keaty

  7. Cast 1

    Peter Youngblood Hills

    Zeph

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    Robert Carlyle

    Daffy

  9. Cast 1

    Jerry Swindall

    Sammy

We are lucky that the photography depicts some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth as the rest of this adaptation of Alex Garland's book is positively stodgy. Talking of beautiful things, Leonardo DiCaprio still has something of his "Romeo & Juliet" (1996) boyishness to him as he arrives in Thailand. After an encounter with an enigmatic Scotsman (Robert Carlyle) who doesn't last for long, he finds himself in possession of a map that sets himself and a couple of travelling companions on a quest to find to a beautiful paradise island that is well off the beaten track. After a few tricky exper...