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1992

Turtle Beach

Directed by Stephen Wallace

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 secretly land, 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 30m

Released

March 19, 1992

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Cast17

  • Greta Scacchi
  • Victoria Longley
  • Jack Thompson
  • Art Malik
  • Joan Chen
  • Martin Jacobs
  • Kee Chan
  • Norman Kaye
  • William McInnes

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