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Farewell

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2009 film by Christian Carion

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6.5

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.

Released: 2009-09-23113 minDir: Christian CarionThriller, Drama

Cast

  • Guillaume Canet as Pierre Froment
  • Emir Kusturica as Sergei Grigoriev
  • Alexandra Maria Lara as Jessica Froment
  • Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė as Natasha
  • Dina Korzun as Alina
  • Evgeniy Kharlanov as Igor

Themes

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Named after
Farewell Dossier
Country of origin
France
Original language
English language
Production company
Canal+
Cinematographer
Walther van den Ende
Narrative location
Moscow
Filming location
Finland
Duration
113
FilmAffinity ID
703846
Dedicated to
Vladimir Vetrov
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2009-01-01
title
Farewell
set in period
1980s
distributed by
Netflix
capital cost
21000000
box office
7400000
review score
86%
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