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- 7. S1 E7 New episode May 26, 2024
- A communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War learns that his spying days aren't over.
- 6. S1 E6 New episode May 19, 2024
- A communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War learns that his spying days aren't over.
- 5. All for One May 12, 2024
- A communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War learns that his spying days aren't over.
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., Toan Le, Fred Nguyen Khan. 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.
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.
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.
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 gather ...
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.
Apr 10, 2024 · Park Chan-wook transforms Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer-winning novel into a vibrant, faithful yet often audacious HBO miniseries.
