An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
Title | Farewell |
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Year | 2009 |
Genre | Thriller, Drama |
Country | France |
Studio | Le Bureau, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, Une Hirondelle Productions, Blackfeet Pictures, Nord-Ouest Films |
Cast | Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Dina Korzun, Evgeniy Kharlanov |
Crew | Christian Carion (Director), Clint Mansell (Original Music Composer), Philip Boëffard (Producer), Gigi Akoka (Casting), Serguei Kostine (Original Story), Corinne Jorry (Costume Design) |
Keyword | france, espionage, cold war, soviet union, iron curtain, kgb, based on true story, double agent |
Release | Sep 23, 2009 |
Runtime | 113 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.50 / 10 by 126 users |