Emmy winner and Golden Globe-nominee Patricia Arquette (TV's "Medium," "True Romance") stars as a troubled young doctor who travels to Burma with her sister, (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee Frances McDormand -- "North Country," "Something's Gotta Give"). As the political climate turns dangerous, she is forced to flee with a wanted dissident who helps her search for a way out of the country. Directed by Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee John Boorman ("The Tailor of Panama," "Excalibur"). Also starring, Spalding Gray ("Kate & Leopold," "How High") and Victor Slezak (TV's "Guiding Light," "The Siege").