What's the play called?

In Hollywood, the three act narrative structure is the norm for movies. Many big studio productions follow this structure, and rely on it's conventionality to convey the dramatization portrayed in the films. This structure derives from the dramatic plays that once were the chief form of entertainment. One movie that follows such narrative style is Anna and the King. Anna and the King follows the story of Anna Leonowens as she arrives in Siam to tutor the children of the king. The narrative structure follows the structure: exposition, complication, and resolution.

The opening introduces us to Anna and her situation. She has arrived to Siam and is going to tutor the children of the king, as it was agreed by correspondence. The introduction follows a typical structure, introducing the setting, the characters and the situations. Anna's rebellious attitude, her lack of assimilation into the culture, and war in Siam are the conflicting factors. The first plot point that propels the introduction into the next act, the complication, is a ball that the king of Siam puts together for important government officers of Britain.

The second act, the complication, deals with the fact that the other nation still views Siam as a primtiive third world country. Furthermore, a coup d'etat movement has been gaining momentum, and it turns out that the military advisor of the king is in charge of it. This leads to the climax, where the king's children and Anna are evacuated from the palace and into a safe shelter. The decision that the king makes, not to kill his advisor, is the climax. But then an explosive goes off and his advisor dies. This is the second plot point which leads to the resolution. In the resolution, the Anna shares a last dance with the king before returning to England. We see that the prince takes over the throne and abolishes slavery, a movement that Anna felt very passionate about. This movie follows all the cues of a three-act narrative, and lays them out well. It includes an intricate story that is laid out for the audience in a neat manner.