The Quiet American
2002 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
American Aid worker Alden Pyle arrives in Saigon in the fall of 1952, at the height of the Vietnamese fight for independence from French colonial rule. Filled with zeal for his mission to help the people of Vietnam through his economic aid program and eager to learn the lay of the land from a more experienced hand, Pyle befriends London Times correspondent Thomas Fowler. Soon however he finds himself smitten with Fowler’s young Vietnamese mistress Phuong who is as beautiful, exotic and mysterious as the city of Saigon itself.
Direction Phillip Noyce
Cast Michael Caine · Brendan Fraser · Do Thi Hai Yen · Rade Serbedzija · Quang Hai · Holmes Osborne · Tzi Ma · Robert Stanton
Soundtrack Craig Armstrong
Screenplay Christopher Hampton · Robert Schenkkan · Graham Greene
Cinematography Christopher Doyle · Huu Tuan Nguyen
Original title The Quiet American
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