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Topic: The Sympathizer

Adam Scott in "Severance" (Apple TV+)

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Vietnamese-American actress Kieu-Chinh on the set of John Irvin's Vietnam war film 'Hamburger Hill', where she is working as Vietnamese adviser, in the Philippine jungle south of Manila, 3rd November 1986. (Alex Bowie/Getty Images)

"Vietnam is more than just a war"

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Hoa Xuande as Captain in "The Sympathizer" (HBO)

Sympathizer end is "not about nihilism"

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Hoa Xuande and Alan Trong on "The Sympathizer" (Hopper Stone/HBO)

"This happened with Vietnam too"

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Hoa Xuande in "The Sympathizer" (HBO)

Actor "Sympathizer" Soldier Spy

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Robert Downey Jr. in "The Sympathizer" (HBO)

"The Sympathizer" takes down the auteur

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Director Park Chan-wook with star Hua Xuande on the set of "The Sympathizer" (HBO)

Park Chan-wook talks Sympathizer, Oldboy

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Hoa Xuande in "The Sympathizer" (Hopper Stone/HBO)

You'll feel for "The Sympathizer"

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