The Sympathizer Episode 1 Escaping Vietnam Scene

First Episode of The Sympathizer with Robert Downey Jr. and Hoa Xuande
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong. Based on: The Sympathizer; by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Directed by: Park Chan-wook; Fernando Meirelles; Marc Munden
Genre: Black comedy; Historical drama; Spy thriller; War drama
Network: HBO

[@louispham1585]

Thank you!

[@miliba]

Did the NVA really bomb the airfield with fleeing civilians? I have the feeling this was made up for the drama

[@antonho2471]

No, but the Viet Công and NVA did bomb Highway 1 while it was being used by civilians fleeing south during the Easter offensive.

[@dobridjordje]

​@@antonho2471Not Cong, PAVN didnt really deliberately hit anything with civilians, it was collateral damage because of the large ARVN presence there but yes, casualties occurred and many as well...

[@lenguyenkhang-m3b]

@@dobridjordjeNot deliberately? There was a confession from Le Xuan Thuy that his PAVN unit was ordered to fire artillery at any civilians or enemy personnel retreating from Quang Tri, 2,000-5,000 civilians causalities were inflicted because of the PAVN artillery.
Another example of this is at the Battle of An Loc (same period), where two refugee groups tried to leave the city during different times during the siege but were bombarded by PAVN artillery and had to go back to the city.
This is was done deliberately.

[@anhkhoido1258]

With fleeing civilians? I would have to check. However, the North Vietnamese airfoce and a few defectors from the South Vietnamese airforce stole American-made aircraft (A-37 Dragonfly) to bomb Tan Son Nhut Airport on April 28, 1975 two days before the Fall of Saigon. So no, the scene you saw does not have a bombing of a runway "just for the drama". I hope that helps.

[@thanhhbinh07vie]

WAR IS HELL

[@MrCut1]

👍👍

[@58kenstyle]

What’s the name of the track?

[@MrCut1]

its for the show

[@Greenhourglass]

It's "Take The Flight!" on the soundtrack. Gets reused in a couple end credits too

[@matheusvillela9150]

Imagine an army of rice farmers having this kind of artillery. American imperialist propaganda is getting even more ludicrous

[@philosophyofaknife-p4e]

brainwashed☝️

[@mightygerman8141]

😂😂 artillery supplied by China

[@matheusvillela9150]

@@philosophyofaknife-p4e Who? The American audience? Yeah

[@matheusvillela9150]

@@mightygerman8141 China was hella poor back then. Plenty of actual footage from the liberation of Saigon you can find here on TH-cam, but the only footage of civilians being bombed is by the US army which killed 3 Million people

[@cll278]

The north Vietnam communist army back then were supported by both China and Soviet Union