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Farewell (2009)

Farewell (2009)

Drama Thriller

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

Release Date: 2009, September 23
Directors: Christian Carion
Countries: France
Production: Le Bureau, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, Une Hirondelle Productions, Blackfeet Pictures, Nord-Ouest Films
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Alexandra Maria Lara, Diane Kruger, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Gary Lewis, Fred Ward, Niels Arestrup, Guillaume Canet, David Soul, Philippe Magnan, Christian Sandström, Evgeniy Kharlanov

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.

Keywords:

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