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- 7. Endings Are Hard, Aren't They? May 26, 2024
- The Captain is forced to tell his story and confront the decisions that haunt his past.
- 6. The Oriental Mode of Destruction May 19, 2024
- The captain trace the General's funding and searches for ways to expose the militaries and save Bon.
- 5. All for One May 12, 2024
- The Captain finds his life in disarray; the General is preparing a plan to reclaim his homeland.
The Sympathizer (Vietnamese: Cảm tình viên) is a historical black comedy drama miniseries based on the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The series was created by co-showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, with Park directing for the series as well.
With Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Vy Le. Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.
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- 2024-04-14
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Toan Le
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive acclaim from critics. It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- 2015
May 27, 2024 · 'The Sympathizer' cast breaks down the finale and explains the meaning of the quote, 'Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.'
Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he learns that his spying days aren't over.
May 20, 2024 · The Sympathizer drives home the salient point that social invisibility has a way of hollowing someone until they’re unrecognizable, even to themselves. It gestures toward a haunting truth: To...
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to...