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    The Quiet American

    Poster of the movie The Quiet American
    2002     Dramatic thriller    
    United Kingdom/Germany/USA
    1h 41min
    Original lang: English, French, Vietnamese
    R
    Guide for parents: violence, offensive language.
    13+
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, violence, offensive language.

    A middle-aged British reporter for the London Times, Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), has been working in Vietnam, covering politics and enjoying the local culture. He lives with a beautiful young woman, Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen), a taxi dancer who he rescued from that undesirable profession. He cannot marry her, because he is already married to a Catholic woman in London who does not believe in divorce. But he truly loves her. When a young American doctor, Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), falls in love with Phuong, threatening to take her from Fowler, everything changes. Not only is Fowler's romantic life put in danger, but he begins to uncover disturbing information about the U.S.'s involvement in the war.

    Directed byPhillip Noyce
    Written byChristopher Hampton
    CompanyMiramaxMiramaxMiramax

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    Starring

    Michael Caine
    Brendan Fraser
    Rade Serbedzija
    Tzi Ma
    Holmes Osborne
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