Turtle Beach (1992)

Directed by

Stephen Wallace

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist travels to Malaysia to cover a story about Vietnamese boat people. She gets caught up in local political tensions and a conflict over refugee policy.

tensepoliticalsomberatmosphericslow-burnunsettlingbleakgritty

What happens

Turtle Beach, also known as The Killing Beach, is a 1992 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace and starring Greta Scacchi and Joan Chen. The screenplay was written by Ann Turner, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Blanche d'Alpuget. It caused controversy in Malaysia, where the government took exception to scenes of Malays executing refugees. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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