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Beyond Rangoon

1995 · 100 min · Director: John Boorman ★ IMDb 6.5 · 5,758 ratings

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Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She and their leader, U Aung Ko, travel through Burma, whilst witnessing many bloody acts of repression by the dictatorship, in an attempt to escape to Thailand. Based on a true story.

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Beyond Rangoon (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Empathy 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Empathy, Fear. Genres: Drama, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Empathy and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

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Sadness
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 23 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness77 %67 %75 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness73 %60 %63 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension64 %46 %40 %50 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension50 %33 %20 %45 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Relief44 %33 %19 %33 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Sadness58 %51 %43 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Sadness74 %68 %59 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension82 %61 %44 %67 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension85 %56 %33 %83 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Tension84 %66 %44 %80 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Empathy81 %71 %50 %76 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension78 %60 %36 %75 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension76 %51 %26 %74 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension86 %63 %40 %84 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension91 %76 %63 %87 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Sadness90 %83 %77 %67 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Sadness89 %86 %83 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Sadness90 %83 %75 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Tension86 %69 %47 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Hope78 %58 %22 %39 %
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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

UA
U Aung Ko

Spalding Gray

Jeremy Watt

TJ
Tiara Jacquelina

San San, Hotel Desk Clerk

AH
Ann Howard

Australian Doctor

Victor Slezak

Mr. Scott

YM
Ye Myint

Zaw Win

CC
Cho Cho Myint

Zabai

MP
Michael Pickells

Nick Bowman

ER
Enzo Rossi

Danny Bowman

KB
Kuswadinath Bujang

Colonel

JC
Johnny Cheah

Min Han

MR
M. Rajoli

Karen Father

JM
Jit Murad

Sein Htoo

AL
Adelle Lutz

Aung San Suu Kyi

ZO
Zaidi Omar

Checkpoint Officer #1 at Train

RH
Ridzuan Hashim

Officer Min

CB
Charley Boorman

Photographer

M
Mr.Os

River trader

Details

Directed by
John Boorman
Written by
Alex Lasker, Bill Rubenstein
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
100 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 5,758 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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