He also pursues leading a counter-revolutionary mission in his homeland. Toan Le will play the General, the former head of the South Vietnamese Secret Police who’s now fixated on uncovering traitors in the refugee community. After arriving in Los Angeles, Bon finds new meaning in the most unlikely of places and circumstances. Khan ( Fatherhood) will play Bon, the Captain’s childhood friend who refuses to bring his pal’s multiple identities into focus. He’s later recruited to return to Vietnam for a raid on the communists. It follows the Captain (Xuande), a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States. After leaving Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, the Captain becomes enmeshed in the Southern California exile community and serves as a cultural adviser to an American film about the war. The Sympathizer, which HBO ordered to series in July 2021, is part espionage thriller and part cross-culture satire. The quintet join the previously announced Robert Downey Jr., who will play several supporting roles and is an executive producer of the series.
* Pronounced "when" with a slight "ng" at the onset.Roger Waters Investigated in Berlin on Suspicion of Incitement Over Concert Costume The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause.Ī gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.
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