THE QUIET AMERICAN
synopsis
From the classic novel by Graham Green comes a murder mystery centered on a love triangle set against the French Indochina War in Vietnam, circa 1952. It's the story of a veteran English journalist, a young American and the beautiful Vietnamese woman caught between them. This is a world where nothing is as it seems - suffused with opium, intrigue and betrayal.
| international title: | THE QUIET AMERICAN |
| original title: | THE QUIET AMERICAN |
| country: | Germany, Australia, United States |
| year: | 2002 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Phillip Noyce |
| film run: | 95' |
| release date: | UK 29/11/2002, FI 24/01/2003, GR 31/01/2003, PT 31/01/2003, USA 07/02/2003, SE 14/02/2003, IT 28/02/2003, PL 14/03/2003, IS 21/03/2003, ES 16/07/2003, FR 20/08/2003 |
| screenplay: | Christopher Hampton, Robert Schenkkan |
| cast: | Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Rade Serbedzija, Do Thi Hai Yen |
| cinematography by: | Christopher Doyle |
| film editing: | John Scott |
| art director: | Roger Ford |
| costumes designer: | Norma Moriceau |
| music: | Craig Armstrong |
| producer: | William Horberg, Staffan Ahrenberg |
| distributor: | Buena Vista (UK), Medusa (IT) |
