Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Greta Scacchi
Judith
Lead
Victoria Longley
Sancha
Jack Thompson
Ralph
Art Malik
Kanan
Joan Chen
Minou
Martin Jacobs
Richard
Kee Chan
Behzad
Norman Kaye
Hobday
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephen Wallace's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Turtle Beach is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
