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The Quiet American

Where:

🇻🇳 Vietnam

When:

The 1950s

A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, these three only sink deeper into a world of drugs, passion, and betrayal where nothing is as it seems.

Released in 2002 — 101 minutes

Genres:

Romance Thriller Drama

Languages:

English French Vietnamese