A curiously languid affair, rather than the breathless Costa-Gavras-style thriller which was the least one might have expected from this kind of material.
The Year of Living Dangerously
A love caught in the fire of revolution.
1982 · 1h 54m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Peter Weir
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The Year of Living Dangerously
Overview
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Director and cast
- Peter Weir Director
- Mel Gibson as Guy Hamilton
- Sigourney Weaver as Jill Bryant
- Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan
- Michael Murphy as Pete Curtis
- Bill Kerr as Colonel Henderson
- Noel Ferrier as Wally O'Sullivan
- Bembol Roco as Kumar
- Paul Sonkkila as Kevin Condon
- Domingo Landicho as Hartono
- Kuh Ledesma as Tiger Lily
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A good, romantic melodrama that suffers more than most good, romantic melodramas in not being much better than it is.
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