Farewell (2009)
Original title: L'Affaire Farewell
Farewell is a 2009 French-language thriller movie directed by Christian Carion, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica and Alexandra Maria Lara.
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.
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What is Farewell about?
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.
When was Farewell released?
Farewell was released on 23 September 2009.
How long is Farewell?
Farewell runs 1h 53m.
Who made Farewell?
Farewell was directed by Christian Carion.
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
- Niels Arestrup as Vallier
- Willem Dafoe as Feeney
- Fred Ward as Ronald Reagan
- Philippe Magnan as François Mitterrand
- David Soul as Hutton
- Christian Sandström as FBI Agent
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