my ex wife and i saw and be intrigue by the trailer for this film . we wait for it to come out but when it do it do not stay in theater very long . several year later i buy it on vhs and i be transfer it to dvd so i can preserve it . i find it to be very move . it be about real event in a real country . burma get such a bad reputation for the political oppression it create that they change their name . i find woman with little make up on to be very sexy . patricia arquette be in this movie . france mcdormand and spalding gray be in it only briefly . after come home to find her young son and husband brutally murder laura ( arquette ) be afraid of blood . a bad trait for a doctor . her sister ( mcdormand ) talk her into go on a vacation to burma . while there she witness a peaceful demonstration and have her passport stolen . in a bold ( or stupid ) move she ask a tourist guide to show her something off the tourist track . her guide be injure by soldier and she spend the rest of the movie try to get him and herself to safety . every time i watch this it remind me that we in the united state forget that to a peasant living under military rule and socialism and where at least eating be virtually guarantee and look pretty darn good .