The Quiet American

Name: The Quiet American
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance, War
Released: 2002-11-22
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Tzi Ma, Mathias Mlekuz, Nguyen Kim Hoan, Trong Pham, Susan Parry

In war, the most powerful weapon is seduction.

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Release Date

11/22/2002

Runtime

101 mins

Genres

Thriller Drama Romance War

Overview

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$27,674,124

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A morally ambiguous love triangle set against the decay of French colonial Indochina, where desire and ideology collide with devastating consequences. Fowler's jealous act of sabotage transforms a personal drama into a meditation on complicity, innocence, and the corrosive effects of empire.