sacrifice,politics,spy,cold war,soviet union,love,defection,moscow, russia,woman director,1960s,1990s,female painter,painting exhibition

Despite the Falling Snow (2016)

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You can betray your country but not your heart.

New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.

Cast & Crew

Director
Shamim Sarif
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    Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova Rebecca Ferguson
  • Profile picture of Sam Reid
    Young Alexander Ivanov Sam Reid
  • Profile picture of Charles Dance
    Old Alexander Ivanov Charles Dance
  • Profile picture of Antje Traue
    Marina Rinskaya Antje Traue
  • Profile picture of Oliver Jackson-Cohen
    Young Misha Ardonov Oliver Jackson-Cohen
  • Profile picture of Anthony Stewart Head
    Old Misha Ardonov Anthony Stewart Head
  • Profile picture of Thure Lindhardt
    Dimtri Thure Lindhardt
  • Profile picture of Ben Batt
    Oleg Ben Batt

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Keywords

  • sacrifice
  • politics
  • spy
  • cold war
  • soviet union
  • love
  • defection
  • moscow, russia
  • woman director
  • 1960s
  • 1990s
  • female painter
  • painting exhibition