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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 American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. The series was created by co-showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, with Park directing the first three
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 reviews from critics. [ 7 ]
The series is based on the story of the Captain, a North Vietnam plant in the South Vietnam army. He is forced to flee to the United States with his general near the end of the Vietnam War . While living within a community of South Vietnamese refugees, he continues to secretly spy on the community and report back to the Viet Cong , struggling ...
At a North Vietnam re-education camp, a man known as the Captain is pressured by soldiers to "confess" his story.. In 1975, four months before the Fall of Saigon, the Captain meets with a CIA agent named Claude (Robert Downey Jr.), joining him for a "screening" of Death Wish, which is actually an interrogation of a woman being tortured due to possessing a vital list.
Hoa Xuan Nguyen, [2] known professionally as Hoa Xuande (/ h oʊ ˈ ɑː ʃ ɔː n ˈ d eɪ / [3]), is an Australian actor of Vietnamese descent. He is best known for his role as Lin in the 2021 live action remake of Cowboy Bebop and as the Captain in the 2024 HBO/A24 television series The Sympathizer.
The New York Times included The Sympathizer among the Book Review's "Editors' Choice" selection of new books when the book debuted, [62] and in its list of "Notable Books of 2015". [63] The novel also made it onto numerous other "Books of the Year" lists, including those of The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
"Love It or Leave It" is the third episode of the American historical black comedy drama miniseries The Sympathizer, based on the novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The episode was written by series creators Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar and co-executive producer Mark Richard, and directed by Park.
"Give Us Some Good Lines" is the fourth episode of the American historical black comedy drama miniseries The Sympathizer, based on the novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The episode was written by series creators Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, and directed by Fernando Meirelles.