Movie

Beyond Rangoon

1995 · 100 min

A tense, emotionally charged journey through political chaos, anchored by a grieving woman's search for purpose.

Tagline: Truth has a witness
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, survival, justice, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
survival
justice
trauma
healing
Places: big city
countryside
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild