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6.5An 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
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 703846
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- publication date
- 2009-01-01
- title
- Farewell
- capital cost
- 21000000
- box office
- 7400000
- review score
- 86%
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Connections
French
Entity
Moscow
City
Ronald Reagan
Person
Soviet Union
Concept
Mikhail Gorbachev
Entity
Queen
Entity
Manhattan
Entity
Central Intelligence Agency
Entity
François Mitterrand
Entity
IMDb
Entity
West Germany
Entity
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Entity
KGB
Entity
Reuters
Entity
Willem Dafoe
Entity
Emir Kusturica
Entity
Diane Kruger
Entity
cognac
Entity
Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
Socialist Party
Entity
Categories
2000s spy thriller films2009 English-language films2009 films2009 French films2009 French-language films2009 Russian-language filmsCanal+ filmsCold War filmsCultural depictions of Mikhail GorbachevCultural depictions of Ronald ReaganEnglish-language spy thriller filmsFilms about the Central Intelligence AgencyFilms directed by Christian CarionFilms scored by Clint MansellFilms set in MoscowFilms set in the 1980sFilms set in the Soviet UnionFilms shot in FinlandFilms shot in RovaniemiFilms shot in UkraineFrance 2 Cinéma filmsFrench spy thriller filmsTemplate film date with 2 release dates