The Year of Living Dangerously 8/10
A rookie journalist (Mel Gibson) is assigned to Jakarta in 1965, in the days preceding the Indonesian Communist Purge, and is befriended/used by a male Indonesian photographer (played by Linda Hunt). Amidst rising civil strife, Gibson's character begins a love affair with a British military attache (Sigourney Weaver), whom warns him of an imminent coup attempt by the communist party.
Though Gibson and Weaver are the headliners, it is Linda Hunt that steals the film (and I believe won an Oscar for her performance). If you are looking for a good story, check this film out.
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