As war breaks out in 1950s Vietnam, a British journalist strikes up a friendship with an idealistic American aid worker. However, their shared attraction to a local woman drives the pair apart, while the reporter discovers his new acquaintance is not all he appears to be. Drama based on Graham Greene's novel, starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija and Tzi Ma.