The Beach (film) The Beach (film) The Beach is a 2000 English-language drama thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. It was filmed on the Thai island Koh Phi Phi. Richard, a young American seeking adventure in Bangkok, travels in a drab travelers hotel in Khao San Road where he meets a young French couple, Françoise and Étienne, and he immediately becomes attracted to Françoise. He also meets
The Little House (novel) it, saying "a top notch cast, a decent script and clever moody direction make "The Little House" highly watchable." Sam Wollaston of "The Guardian" wrote, “I knew pretty much exactly where [it] was heading…Yet it still managed to be creepy,” while Andrew Billen of "The Times" said, “It’s so silly it should have been shown on Hallowe’en.” The Little House (novel) The Little House is a 1996 psychological thriller novel by British author Philippa Gregory. After four years of marriage, Ruth and Patrick Cleary, a young English couple, visit Patrick's parents in Bath. Having been orphaned as a child, Ruth