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Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1983 · 105 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Stephen Frears
- Starring
- Clarke Peters, Wallace Shawn, Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, Josef Sommer, E.G. Marshall
Set in Saigon in 1974, British bank assistant manager Barbara Dean (Judi Dench) begins a romance with American expatriate Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest). As their relationship deepens, Barbara discovers Bob is a CIA operative who warns her that the imminent fall of South Vietnam is only days away, thrusting their personal lives into the turmoil of the war’s final chapter.
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