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

Farewell (2009)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Christian Carion
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    Pierre Froment Guillaume Canet
  • Profile picture of Emir Kusturica
    Sergei Grigoriev Emir Kusturica
  • Profile picture of Alexandra Maria Lara
    Jessica Froment Alexandra Maria Lara
  • Profile picture of Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
    Natasha Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
  • Profile picture of Dina Korzun
    Alina Dina Korzun
  • Profile picture of Evgeniy Kharlanov
    Igor Evgeniy Kharlanov
  • Profile picture of Niels Arestrup
    Vallier Niels Arestrup
  • Profile picture of Willem Dafoe
    Feeney Willem Dafoe

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Keywords

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