Movie
The Beach
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-02-03
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Figment Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Richard
- Virginie Ledoyen as Françoise
- Guillaume Canet as Étienne
- Tilda Swinton as Sal
- Staffan Kihlbom as Christo
- Paterson Joseph as Keaty
- Peter Youngblood Hills as Zeph
- Robert Carlyle as Daffy
- Jerry Swindall as Sammy
- Lars Arentz-Hansen as Bugs
- Jukka Hiltunen as Karl
- Magnus Lindgren as Sten
Crew
- Danny Boyle - Director
- John Hodge - Screenplay
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