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The Sympathizer (Vietnamese: Cảm tình viên) is an 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 the first three episodes.
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.
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, [6] and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive acclaim from critics. [7] It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
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.
Apr 10, 2024 · The unnamed narrator of “The Sympathizer” flees the fall of Saigon as a refugee and lands up in sunny Los Angeles in the late ‘70s. Like many immigrants in America, he suffers racist insults, works jobs he doesn’t particularly enjoy or want to do, and struggles to feel at home in a strange new land.
The Sympathizer. After witnessing the fall of Saigon, a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy finds himself starting over in Los Angeles. With the fall of Saigon imminent, the Captain juggles the communist party, the South Vietnamese army, his CIA handler and his conscience.
A man of two faces.#TheSympathizer, the new HBO Original Limited Series from Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr. and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nov...
Apr 14, 2024 · Robert Downey Jr. Plays four roles in “The Sympathizer,” a darkly satirical look at the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
Back in Vietnam, the Captain is forced to tell his story… and confront the decisions that haunt his past. Stream Season 1 episodes of The Sympathizer online and access extras such as interviews, previews and episode guides.
Feb 15, 2024 · The HBO Original limited series The Sympathizer has a premiere date. Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Sympathizer debuts Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m.
