The Sympathizer is a period spy thriller and dark comedy series created by Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar. Based on a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Vietnamese author Viet Thanh Nguyen, the HBO series follows the story of the Captain, a North Vietnam spy planted in the army of South Vietnam but when he is forced to flee to the United States, he keeps gathering information on his community to send it back to the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer stars Hoa Xuande in the lead role with Robert Downey Jr., Toan Le, Fred Nguyen Khan, Duy Nguyễn, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh, Alan Trong, and Sandra Oh starring in supporting roles. If you loved the spy thriller and dark comedy aspects of The Sympathizer here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Americans (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – FX
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The Americans (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – FX
The Americans is a...
- 5/21/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The 2021 drama film The Forgiven, written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, had its theatrical release on the first of July. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith, Ismael Kanater, Caleb Landry Jones, Abbey Lee, Mourad Zaoui, Marie-Josée Croze, Alex Jennings, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Christopher Abbott.The film follows the lives of the wealthy couple as they deal with the fallout from accidentally hitting and killing a local boy While the husband is focused on avoiding any legal penalties, his wife becomes obsessed with
Five Movies To Watch When You’re Done With “The Forgiven”...
Five Movies To Watch When You’re Done With “The Forgiven”...
- 8/16/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
The Forgiven Review — The Forgiven (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by John Michael McDonagh, written by John Michael McDonagh and Lawrence Osborne and starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith, Abbey Lee, Caleb Landry Jones, Christopher Abbott, Alex Jennings, Marie-Josee Croze, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Said Taghmaoul, David McSavage, Mourad Zaoui, Ismael Kanater, Imane [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Forgiven (2021): Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain Are in Top Form in a Stylish Dramatic Thriller...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Forgiven (2021): Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain Are in Top Form in a Stylish Dramatic Thriller...
- 7/4/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Exclusive: Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have co-acquired North American rights to The Forgiven, a starry thriller written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, which premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival. Roadside will release the film in theaters next spring, with Vertical handling its digital rollout.
The Forgiven is based on the novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne. It centers on wealthy Londoners David (Ralph Fiennes) and Jo Henninger (Jessica Chastain), who are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy, after speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion of the local police. But when the boy’s father arrives seeking justice, the stage is set for a tension-filled culture clash in which David...
The Forgiven is based on the novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne. It centers on wealthy Londoners David (Ralph Fiennes) and Jo Henninger (Jessica Chastain), who are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy, after speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion of the local police. But when the boy’s father arrives seeking justice, the stage is set for a tension-filled culture clash in which David...
- 11/11/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Zanka Contact on display at the Venice Film Festival - Production / Funding - France/Belgium/Morocco
The feature debut from Ismaël El Iraki, produced by Barney Productions, Velvet Films and Mont Fleuri Production, will have its world premiere on the Lido, in the Orizzonti programme. A 2008 graduate from the directing department of La Fémis, and noticed with his short film H’rash (in national competition at Clermont-Ferrand in 2009), Ismaël El Iraki will benefit from great visibility for his feature length debut as his film Zanka Contact has been selected in the Orizzonti section of the 77th Venice Film Festival (2-12 September). Presented as a romantic rock road movie somewhere between the thriller and the musical, the film stars Khansa Batma, Ahmed Hammoud, Saïd Bey, Abderrahmane Oubihem, Mourad Zaoui and Fatima Attif. Written by Ismaël El Iraki, the script (which was one of the finalists for the Prix du Scénario) begins in a hellish Casablanca. A car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been...
Emmy-nominated actor Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?) is putting his dramatic chops to the test in Netflix's upcoming political thriller The Spy.
In the first trailer for the series, which begins streaming on Sept. 6, the Borat star steps into the shoes of Israeli clerk turned secret agent Eli Cohen, in a true story based on the real life of the notorious Mossad agent. Throughout the 1960s, Eli leaves behind his wife, Nadia (Homeland's Hadar Ratzon Rotem), and children to go deep undercover in Syria, gradually finding it harder and harder to distinguish his secret identity from reality. Will the blurred lines between his job and his family lead to his downfall? Or will he be able to pull himself out of the dangerous spiral his job has sucked him into?
The series is written and directed by Emmy winner Gideon Raff (Homeland) and also stars Noah Emmerich,...
In the first trailer for the series, which begins streaming on Sept. 6, the Borat star steps into the shoes of Israeli clerk turned secret agent Eli Cohen, in a true story based on the real life of the notorious Mossad agent. Throughout the 1960s, Eli leaves behind his wife, Nadia (Homeland's Hadar Ratzon Rotem), and children to go deep undercover in Syria, gradually finding it harder and harder to distinguish his secret identity from reality. Will the blurred lines between his job and his family lead to his downfall? Or will he be able to pull himself out of the dangerous spiral his job has sucked him into?
The series is written and directed by Emmy winner Gideon Raff (Homeland) and also stars Noah Emmerich,...
- 8/31/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
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