The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)

  • PG
  • 01/21/1983 (US)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 55m

A love caught in the fire of revolution.

Overview

Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.

Peter Weir

Screenplay, Director

C.J. Koch

Screenplay, Novel

David Williamson

Screenplay

Cast

Mel Gibson's headshot

Mel Gibson

Guy Hamilton
Sigourney Weaver's headshot

Sigourney Weaver

Jill Bryant
Linda Hunt's headshot

Linda Hunt

Billy Kwan
Michael Murphy's headshot

Michael Murphy

Pete Curtis
Bill Kerr's headshot

Bill Kerr

Colonel Henderson
Noel Ferrier's headshot

Noel Ferrier

Wally O'Sullivan
Bembol Roco's headshot

Bembol Roco

Kumar
Paul Sonkkila's headshot

Paul Sonkkila

Kevin Condon

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