The Sympathizer

Executive produced by Park Chan-wookand Robert Downey Jr., and based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name,The Sympathizerfollows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy known simply as the Captain (Hoa Xuande). After witnessing the fall of Saigon, the Captain finds himself starting over in Los Angeles with his compatriot refugees. The Captain must balance his duties for his South Vietnamese Army boss and his CIA handler while continuing to work covert ops for the victorious communist party in Vietnam. An espionage thriller and cross-cultural satire delving into the aftermath and legacy of the Vietnam War, the seven-part series explores how one man, caught between multiple worlds, reckons with his identity and loyalties as a sympathetic double agent.

Cast
Hoa Xuande - The Captain
Robert Downey Jr. - Claude/Prof. Hammer/The Congressman/The Auteur/Priest
Toan Le - The General
Fred Nguyen Khan - Bon

Producers
Jes Anderson
Inman Young
Ted Pacult
Kris Baucom
 

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