The Beach

(2000)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 4,814 votes

Genres: Drama, Adventure, Romance, Thriller

Year: 2000

Runtime: 119 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Дэнни Бойл

Cast: Леонардо ДиКаприо, Виржини Ледуайен, Гийом Кане, Тильда Суинтон, Staffan Kihlbom, Патерсон Джозеф, Peter Youngblood Hills, Роберт Карлайл, Джерри Свиндолл, Lars Arentz-Hansen

Plot

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled.