Beyond Rangoon

Beyond Rangoon (1995)

Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Political Drama  |   Release Date - May 24, 1995  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - R
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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 Burma (Myanmar) in 1988, the year in which the 8888 Uprising takes place. The film was mostly filmed in Malaysia, and, though a work of fiction, was inspired by real people and real events.

Bowman joins, albeit initially unintentionally, political rallies with university students protesting for democracy, and travels with the student leader U Aung Ko throughout Burma. There, they see the brutality of the military dictators of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), and attempt to escape to Thailand.

The film was an official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of the popular hits of the event.

The film may have had an impact beyond movie screens, however. Only weeks into its European run, the Burmese military junta freed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi (depicted in the film) after several years under strict house arrest. The celebrated democracy leader thanked the filmmakers in her first interview with the BBC. Suu Kyi was re-arrested a few years later, but Beyond Rangoon had already helped raise world attention on a previously "invisible" tragedy: the massacres of 1988 and the cruelty of her country's military rulers.

Movie Info

Budget

$23,000,000

Box Office

$5,750,110

Tags

Burma, Doctor, Myanmar

Attributes

Filming Location: Thailand
Narrative Location: Myanmar

Alternate Titles

A szabadság ösvényein
HU
Beyond Rangoon
CA, GB, US
Burma'da gözyaşları
TR
Ha-Briha M'Rangoon
IL
Más allá de Rangún
AR
Mas allá de Rangún
PE
Más allá de Rangun
ES
Muito Além de Rangum
BR
Nainen Burmassa
FI
Oltre Rangoon
IT
Rangoon
CA, DK, FR, DE, PT, SI
Rangoon - Im Herzen des Sturms
DE
Rangun
RS
Skugga över Rangoon
SE
Ucieczka z Rangunu
PL
Πέρα από τη Pανγκούν
GR
За пределами Рангуна
RU
Отвъд Рангун
BG
ラングーンを越えて
JP
遠東之旅
TW