The Year of Living Dangerously

Another day, another foreign correspondent learning that history rarely waits for rookies to catch up. A young journalist arrives in Indonesia during a volatile political shift, relying on a sharp photographer to stay one step ahead of the chaos. Somehow, it turns out having a love affair while the world burns is still mostly about bad timing.

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The Year of Living Dangerously was released in 1982 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.