Turtle Beach
1992·Australia·90 min.
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Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to land secretly in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.
DirectorStephen Wallace
MusicChris Neal
CinematographyRussell Boyd
CastGreta Scacchi·Joan Chen·Jack Thompson·Art Malik·Norman Kaye·Victoria Longley·Martin Jacobs·William McInnes·George Whaley·Andrew Ferguson·Daniel De Leur·Celia Wong·Monroe Reimers·Stuart Campbell·Kee ChanShow all
Original titleTurtle Beach
Also known asThe Killing Beach