---
title: 'The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Weir'
released: '1982-12-16'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-year-of-living-dangerously-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086617/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

1982 · 117 min · Drama, War, Romance · Australia


## Synopsis

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 romantic drama film directed by Peter Weir and co-written by Weir and David Williamson. It was adapted from Christopher Koch's 1978 novel The Year of Living Dangerously. The story is about a love affair set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno. It follows a group of foreign correspondents in Jakarta during the weeks leading up to the attempted coup by the 30 September Movement in 1965. The film is considered one of the last in the Australian New Wave genre.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weir)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weir), [David Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-williamson), [Christopher Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-koch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [Hal and Jim McElroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-and-jim-mcelroy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-boyd)
- **Editor:** [William M. Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-m-anderson), [William Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-anderson)

## Cast

- [Bembol Roco](https://cinepixo.com/people/bembol-roco) as Kumar
- [Kuh Ledesma](https://cinepixo.com/people/kuh-ledesma) as Tiger Lily
- [Bill Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-kerr) as Colonel Henderson
- [Michael Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-murphy) as Pete Curtis
- [Paul Sonkkila](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sonkkila) as Kevin Condon
- [Noel Ferrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-ferrier) as Wally O'Sullivan
- [Mike Emperio](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-emperio) as Sukarno
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson) as Guy Hamilton
- [Sigourney Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigourney-weaver) as Jill Bryant
- [Linda Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-hunt) as Billy Kwan
- [Joel Lamangan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-lamangan)

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