Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach
19+
Subtitles / CC
19921h 27m
Drama

A photojournalist encounters more than a news story when she leaves her family to cover a story of Vietnamese boat people seeking refuge in Malaysia.


Turtle Beach

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.

Duration:1h 27m
Release Date:1992
Genre:Drama
Rating:
19+
Director:Stephen Wallace
Starring:Greta ScacchiJoan ChenJack ThompsonArt MalikNorman KayeVictoria Longley

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