Farewell

Farewell (2009)

24/02/2010 (GB)
Thriller, Drama
1h 53m

Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.

Overview

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.

  • Christian CarionDirector, Writer
  • Eric RaynaudWriter
  • Original Title

    L'Affaire Farewell

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • france
  • espionage
  • cold war
  • soviet union
  • iron curtain
  • kgb
  • based on true story
  • double agent

Top Billed Cast

Guillaume Canet

Guillaume Canet

Pierre Froment

Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

Sergei Grigoriev

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Jessica Froment

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Natasha

Dina Korzun

Dina Korzun

Alina

Evgeniy Kharlanov

Evgeniy Kharlanov

Igor

Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Vallier

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Feeney

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Ronald Reagan

Philippe Magnan

Philippe Magnan

François Mitterrand

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