Farewell

Farewell

2009
1h 53m
6.5

6.5/10

137 votes • View on IMDb

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Le Bureau Pathé France 2 Cinéma Une Hirondelle Productions Blackfeet Pictures Nord-Ouest Films
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
Russian French English

Quick Facts

Original Title L'Affaire Farewell
Release Date September 23, 2009
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0806029

Cast

Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Canet

Pierre Froment

Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica

Sergei Grigoriev

Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara

Jessica Froment

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Natasha

Dina Korzun
Dina Korzun

Alina

Evgeniy Kharlanov
Evgeniy Kharlanov

Igor

Niels Arestrup
Niels Arestrup

Vallier

Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe

Feeney

Fred Ward
Fred Ward

Ronald Reagan

Philippe Magnan
Philippe Magnan

François Mitterrand

David Soul
David Soul

Hutton

Christian Sandström
Christian Sandström

FBI Agent

Key Crew

Christian Carion
Director
Christian Carion
Writer
Eric Raynaud
Writer
Philip Boëffard
Producer
Bertrand Faivre
Producer
Christophe Rossignon
Producer