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- After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She and their leader, U Aung Ko, travel through Burma, whilst witnessing many bloody acts of repression by the dictatorship, in an attempt to escape to Thailand.
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Beyond Rangoon is a 1995 drama film directed by John Boorman about Laura Bowman (played by Patricia Arquette), an American tourist who vacations in the country of Burma (now known as Myanmar) in 1988, the year in which the 8888 Uprising takes place.
In the 90's, the American doctor Laura Bowman travels to Burma (presently Myanmar) with her sister and also doctor Andy Bowman to recover from the loss of her beloved husband and son that were murdered in a theft at home.
Beyond Rangoon: Directed by John Boorman. With Patricia Arquette, U Aung Ko, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray. Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma.
- (5.5K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- John Boorman
- 1995-08-25
Aug 25, 1995 · In the case of “Beyond Rangoon,” director John Boorman is concerned with political repression in Burma, which has existed under a state of martial law for several years with, until recently, its Nobel Prize-winning dissident Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
May 24, 1995 · Beyond Rangoon follows Dr. Laura Bowman, a grieving widow, who becomes entangled in Burma's political upheaval during the late 1980s. On a journey to escape her tragic past, she faces a harrowing struggle for survival as she attempts to navigate the perilous path to Thailand.
Aug 25, 1995 · Overview. Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths.
Beyond Rangoon is a 1995 American British Burmese adventure drama movie directed by John Boorman and starring Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, Jit Murad, Adelle Lutz, Johnny Cheah, Victor Slezak, Spalding Gray, Hani Mohsin. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
