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"The Beach" is a 2000 film directed by Danny Boyle about a young traveler who discovers a hidden tropical island community in Southeast Asia. The film became notable for its exploration of paradise, escapism, and the clash between idealism and reality, while also generating significant cultural impact and controversy.
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6.5Twenty-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.
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
Themes
- exotic island
- beach
- based on novel or book
- hippie
- map
- commune
- delusion
- shark attack
- thailand
- backpacker
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- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 341251
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- publication date
- 2000-00-00
- title
- The Beach
- Commons category
- The Beach (film)
- review score
- 43/100
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The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle, from a screenplay by John Hodge, based on the 1996 novel by Alex Garland. A British–American co-production, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. The plot centers on a young American backpacker and a French couple who discover a colony of people living on an uninhabited island and contend with the local dangers there. It was filmed on the Thai island of Ko Phi Phi Le.
The film was released on 11 February 2000 by 20th Century Fox. It was a box-office success, grossing $144.1 million against a $50 million budget, but received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the film's scenery, soundtrack and DiCaprio's performance, but criticised it as a muddled adaptation that loses the book's themes and social commentary.