Synopsis for
The Beach (2000/I) More at IMDbPro »

Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic, Blood Diamond), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) star in a tale of adventure, action, drama, seduction and satire. When Richard (DiCaprio) travelled to Thailand for a vacation, he never expected it would lead him on such a perilous journey. When he meets a myserious man named Daffy (Carlyle), he receives a map showing him the location of an island. He shares the secret of the map with a French couple...and so they begin their adventure. When they reach the island, they find a small community of dwellers and a group of dope farmers. The trio then struggle to live in the community. Richard falls in love with Françoise (Ledoyen) and begins to enjoy the beach until he takes a trip for supplies with Sal. Sal overhears a group of travelers talking to Richard about a map he had given them. When they appear on an island near the beach, Sal demands that Richard spends his days watching the groups movement. When the tourists attempt to come to the beach, Richard is to take the map back, and tell the group they are not welcome. The tourists arrive and are killed by the marijuana farmers. This altercation leads to the head farmer to address the community, and demand they leave the island. Sal disagrees, and the farmer tells Sal in order to let them stay, she must shoot RIchard, whom had just been confronted on copying the map. Sal pulls the trigger, but the gun is empty; This is enough for the farmer, as he was only testing her. Everyone else leaves the island, with Sal staying behind. The parting shot of the film is Richard reading an e-mail from Françoise with a group photo of the settlement from the island attached.