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Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes35%
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
88 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Alex LaskerScreenplay
- John BoormanDirector
- Bill RubensteinScreenplay
Cast
- Patricia ArquetteLaura Bowman
- U Aung KoU Aung Ko
- Frances McDormandAndy Bowman
- Spalding GrayJeremy Watt
- Tiara JacquelinaSan San, Hotel Desk Clerk
- Ann HowardAustralian Doctor
- Victor SlezakMr. Scott
- Ye MyintZaw Win
- Cho Cho MyintZabai
- Michael PickellsNick Bowman
- Enzo RossiDanny Bowman
- Kuswadinath BujangColonel