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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.
- (4.7K)
- 2024-04-14
- Comedy, Drama, History
- 60
The Sympathizer. As a reluctant consultant on a Hollywood film, the Captain navigates the egos and personalities of an increasingly chaotic production. With the fall of Saigon imminent, the Captain juggles the communist party, the South Vietnamese army, his CIA handler and his conscience.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer follows a mixed-race spy who flees Vietnam and infiltrates the US. The series is stylish, complex, satirical and star-studded, with Robert Downey Jr playing four roles.
The Sympathizer is a spy thriller and satire about a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy in the Vietnam War and LA. Watch the trailer, stream episodes, and explore the cast and crew of this HBO series.
May 27, 2024 · Adapted from the Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name by Vietnamese-American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer is set in the aftermath of the US war in Vietnam. At its centre is The...
May 27, 2024 · Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen ’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer (Sky Atlantic) is a blood brother to Deutschland 83 in the way it cannily flips historical viewpoints with a darkly...
