'Somewhere on this planet it must exist a place an experience an encounter - the beach.' The Beach is a 2000 drama film by director Danny Boyle based on the novel 'The Beach' by Alex Garland. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle, Virginie Ledoyen and Guillaume Canet. Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young American backpacking in Thailand, has come to Southeast Asia with the intention of experiencing something radically different from his familiar life. He hears of an island paradise commonly held to be urban legend. According to rumor, a secret community of travelers who have left behind their former lives inhabits the island. Richard meets Françoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and her boyfriend, Étienne (Guillaume Canet), and convinces them to accompany him to the island. They travel from Bangkok to the shores of Koh Phangan. To reach the island, Richard, Françoise and Étienne must hop between several adjacent islands. When they arrive at the community living at this paradise of a beach it´s like 'a parallel universe' but the idyll don´t last long.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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