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The Quiet American
The Quiet American
thriller, drama, melodrama
2001
United Kingdom, Germany, USA
Phillip Noyce
97 min.
Michael Kane, Brendan Frayser, to Tahi Hai Yen, Rade Sherbadzia, Qi Ma, Robert Stanton, Holmes Osborne, Nguyen Hai, Ferdinand Hoang, Pam Tahi May Hoa
Saigon, 1952, an experienced British journalist Thomas Fowler lives in an exotic eastern paradise, finding his happiness in the arms of a young beauty Fong. The arrival of the young American Pyle disperses the boredom of Thomas, tired of local political skirmishes and intrigues, but when Pyle admits that Fonts passionately loves, their friendship turns into an acute confrontation. Not wanting to obey fate, Fowler decides to better recognize Pyle and soon realizes that his opponent is much more dangerous than it seems at first glance ...